PMID- 34296178 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240402 IS - 2632-7376 (Electronic) IS - 2632-7376 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 2 DP - 2021 TI - Electrophysiological Correlates of Rodent Default-Mode Network Suppression Revealed by Large-Scale Local Field Potential Recordings. PG - tgab034 LID - 10.1093/texcom/tgab034 [doi] LID - tgab034 AB - The default-mode network (DMN) in humans consists of a set of brain regions that, as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), show both intrinsic correlations with each other and suppression during externally oriented tasks. Resting-state fMRI studies have previously identified similar patterns of intrinsic correlations in overlapping brain regions in rodents (A29C/posterior cingulate cortex, parietal cortex, and medial temporal lobe structures). However, due to challenges with performing rodent behavior in an MRI machine, it is still unclear whether activity in rodent DMN regions are suppressed during externally oriented visual tasks. Using distributed local field potential measurements in rats, we have discovered that activity in DMN brain regions noted above show task-related suppression during an externally oriented visual task at alpha and low beta-frequencies. Interestingly, this suppression (particularly in posterior cingulate cortex) was linked with improved performance on the task. Using electroencephalography recordings from a similar task in humans, we identified a similar suppression of activity in posterior cingulate cortex at alpha/low beta-frequencies. Thus, we have identified a common electrophysiological marker of DMN suppression in both rodents and humans. This observation paves the way for future studies using rodents to probe circuit-level functioning of DMN function. SIGNIFICANCE: Here we show that alpha/beta frequency oscillations in rats show key features of DMN activity, including intrinsic correlations between DMN brain regions, task-related suppression, and interference with attention/decision-making. We found similar task-related suppression at alpha/low beta-frequencies of DMN activity in humans. CI - Published by Oxford University Press 2021. FAU - Fakhraei, Leila AU - Fakhraei L AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. FAU - Francoeur, Miranda AU - Francoeur M AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. FAU - Balasubramani, Pragathi P AU - Balasubramani PP AD - Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Tang, Tianzhi AU - Tang T AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. FAU - Hulyalkar, Sidharth AU - Hulyalkar S AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. FAU - Buscher, Nathalie AU - Buscher N AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. FAU - Mishra, Jyoti AU - Mishra J AD - Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Ramanathan, Dhakshin S AU - Ramanathan DS AD - Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System., La Jolla, CA 92161, USA. LA - eng GR - IK2 BX003308/BX/BLRD VA/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210505 PL - United States TA - Cereb Cortex Commun JT - Cerebral cortex communications JID - 101767128 PMC - PMC8166125 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DMN OT - alpha OT - local field potentials OT - posterior cingulate OT - task-related interference EDAT- 2021/07/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/24 06:01 PMCR- 2021/05/05 CRDT- 2021/07/23 06:55 PHST- 2021/03/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/23 06:55 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tgab034 [pii] AID - 10.1093/texcom/tgab034 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cereb Cortex Commun. 2021 May 5;2(2):tgab034. doi: 10.1093/texcom/tgab034. eCollection 2021.