Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Behaviourally modulated hippocampal theta oscillations in the ferret persist during both locomotion and immobility

  • Soraya L. S. Dunn,
  • Stephen M. Town,
  • Jennifer K. Bizley,
  • Daniel Bendor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33507-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Cross-species research is key to fully understanding brain function. Here, the authors present the ferret as a species for hippocampal research and show that, in stark contrast to rats, ferrets have robust theta oscillations during immobility.