Lysergic acid diethylamide modulates hippocampal and cortical local field potential oscillatory rhythms in male mice
Abstract
<h4>Background: </h4> and purpose Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a promising therapeutic for psychiatric disorders, but its physiological profile on the nervous system remains elusive. Rodent electrophysiological data has utilized in vivo single-unit electrophysiology recordings, while clinical neurophysiology studies have focused on spectral signatures using electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). No study to date has examined these spectral signatures in freely moving mice. How LSD acutely modulates intracranial oscillatory rhythms is not known. Experimental approach Here we present the first in vivo electrophysiological investigation of LSD’s cortico-hippocampal effects in freely-moving male C57BL/6J mice using intracranial EEG (iEEG) recordings. We did not posit a hypothesis concerning the specific effects of LSD on power spectral density (PSD) due to the lack of preclinical literature as well as LSD’s promiscuous pharmacological profile. This study was purely exploratory. Key results Following intraperitoneal (IP) administration of 30µg/kg LSD, there was a global decrease in PSD signal power in both broadband and discrete narrow band oscillatory rhythms of the ventral hippocampus CA1 and CA3 regions. Similar but less robust effects were observed in the somatosensory and medial prefrontal cortices. These data confer with the existing clinical neurophysiology data. Lastly, LSD increased between-subject PSD signal power variance, suggesting individual-specific effects. <h4>Conclusion: </h4> and implications Our data lends further credibility to the entropic brain theory of psychedelic drug actions. We conclude that the intracranial acute spectral signatures of LSD coincide with their clinical counterparts. Further work is needed to study cross-regional connectivity, such as frequency coupling.
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