CRCNS: Linking Synaptic Populations and Computation Using Statistical Mechanics

CRCNS：使用统计力学将突触群体和计算联系起来

基本信息

批准号：
10830119
负责人：
Krishnan Padmanabhan
金额：
$ 26.13万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-08-01 至 2028-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10830119
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项目摘要

Computations performed by single neurons result from integration of a large myriad of synaptic inputs distributed throughout complex dendritic topology. Synaptic inputs vary in substantial ways; sensory-driven activity patterns, probability of activation, synapse location within the dendritic topology, local dendritic organization, and ultrastructural characteristics are all thought to be critical for determining how synaptic inputs influence the spiking output of a neuron. Populations of synaptic inputs, ultimately, determine the coding capacity and computations single neurons can perform. Despite this fact, studies largely overlook the synaptic input population within a single neuron, instead focusing on the activity of cellular populations, using biophysical models or constructing models that create hypothetical weights or synapses (e.g. deep-neural networks). Thus, a critical question in neuroscience remains how ensemble synaptic activity is integrated in vivo and what are the fundamental principles of synaptic organization which describe neural computation. To address this issue, we present a tightly integrated experiment-theory approach. We propose to (1) measure the sensory-driven activity patterns of large populations of dendritic spines on layer 2/3 visual cortical neurons in ferret visual cortex in vivo, and (2) use a statistical physics approach to characterize the structure and computing of synaptic populations in multiple contexts. Thus, this project will provide fundamental knowledge about the synaptic architecture of neurons in the brain. The

由单个神经元进行的计算是由大量无数突触输入的整合而产生的分布在复杂的树突拓扑结构中。突触输入以实质性不同；感觉驱动活动模式，激活的概率，树突状拓扑内的突触位置，局部树突状组织和超微结构特征都被认为对于确定突触的方式至关重要输入会影响神经元的尖峰输出。突触输入的种群，最终确定编码容量和计算单神经元可以执行。尽管这一事实，研究在很大程度上忽略了单个神经元内的突触输入群体，而是专注于细胞种群的活性生物物理模型或构建产生假设权重或突触的模型网络）。因此，神经科学中的一个关键问题仍然是集合突触活动如何整合到体内描述神经计算的突触组织的基本原理是什么。为了解决这个问题，我们提出了一种紧密整合的实验理论方法。我们建议（1）测量2/3层视觉上大量树突状刺种群的感觉驱动的活动模式在体内雪貂视觉皮层中的皮质神经元，（2）使用统计物理学方法来表征在多种情况下突触种群的结构和计算。因此，这个项目将提供关于大脑神经元突触结构的基本知识。这