Abstract
The functional relationship between septal unit activity and hippocampal EEG was studied during the sleep-wakefulness cycle in chronically implanted unrestrained rats. Results were statistically analyzed in order to obtain the time interval and auto and crosscorrelation histograms. During REM sleep and restless wakefulness the hippocampal EEG showed a theta rhythm of 4–8 cps and the septal unit activity was characterized by the presence of rhythmic bursts with a frequency in every single instance similar to that of the hippocampus. The septal units showed a bimodal time interval histogram. Their autocorrelation histogram exhibited a sinusoidal pattern of decreasing amplitude. The crosscorrelation histogram of septal units and the hippocampal EEG also showed a sinusoidal pattern suggestive of the functional relationship between both neural structures. During slow wave sleep and quiet wakefulness there was a disappearance of the hippocampal theta rhythm and rhythmic septal unit bursts. The second mode was missing in the time interval histogram and the auto and crosscorrelation histograms showed an irregular pattern. It is concluded that medial septal nucleus and hippocampal temporal patterns of activity are similar during REM sleep and restless wakefulness.
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