A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations.
Anli A LiuSimon HeninSaman AbbaspoorAnatol BraginElizabeth A BuffaloJordan S FarrellDavid J FosterLoren M FrankTamara GedankienJean GotmanJennifer A GuideraKari L HoffmanJoshua JacobsMichael J KahanaLin LiZhenrui LiaoJack J LinAttila LosonczyRafael MalachMatthijs A A van der MeerKathryn McClainBruce L McNaughtonYitzhak NormanAndrea Navas-OliveLiset Menendez de la PridaJon W RueckemannJohn J SakonIvan SkelinIvan SolteszBernhard P StaresinaShennan A WeissMatthew A WilsonKareem A ZaghloulMichaël ZugaroGyorgy BuzsákiPublished in: Nature communications (2022)
Decades of rodent research have established the role of hippocampal sharp wave ripples (SPW-Rs) in consolidating and guiding experience. More recently, intracranial recordings in humans have suggested their role in episodic and semantic memory. Yet, common standards for recording, detection, and reporting do not exist. Here, we outline the methodological challenges involved in detecting ripple events and offer practical recommendations to improve separation from other high-frequency oscillations. We argue that shared experimental, detection, and reporting standards will provide a solid foundation for future translational discovery.