Recording Gamma Band Oscillations in Pedunculopontine Nucleus NeuronsFrancisco J. Urbano 1, Brennon R. Luster 2, Stasia D'Onofrio 2, Susan Mahaffey 2, Edgar Garcia-Rill 2
1IFIBYNE-CONICET, University of Buenos Aires, 2Center for Translational Neuroscience, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is located in the brainstem and its neurons are maximally activated during waking and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep brain states. This work describes the experimental approach to record in vitro gamma band subthreshold membrane oscillation in PPN neurons.