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@INPROCEEDINGS{MoralesGregorio:878134,
author = {Morales-Gregorio, Aitor and Dabrowska, Paulina and Gutzen,
Robin and Yegenoglu, Alper and Diaz, Sandra and Palmis,
Sarah and Paneri, Sofia and Rene, Alexandre and Sapountzis,
Panagiotis and Diesmann, Markus and Grün, Sonja and Senk,
Johanna and Gregoriou, Georgia and Kilavik, Bjorg and van
Albada, Sacha},
title = {{E}stimation of the cortical microconnectome from in vivo
spiking activity in the macaque monkey},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-02652},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The typical range of local connectivity in the cerebral
cortex delineates columnar microcircuits, within which the
layer- and population-specific connectivities present
features that are preserved across species and cortical
areas. However, when considered in more detail, the internal
connectivity structure, i.e. the microconnectome (MC), of
such microcircuits is variable across cortical areas.
Furthermore, the parameters describing the MC are largely
unknown for most cortical areas.Models constructed based on
structural data have been able to recover realistic
first-order spike train statistics in early sensory cortical
areas [1, 2]. These bottom-up models can be constructed
owing to the availability of extensive anatomical and
physiological data from early visual and somatosensory
areas. However, such measurements are less abundant for
higher-order cortices, limiting bottom-up modeling until
further biological measurements are published.Here we
present an analysis that aims to overcome some of the
limitations in currently available anatomical data. We use
experimentally measured electrophysiological activity from
vision-related and motor areas to constrain the connectivity
of cortical microcircuit models and infer area-specific
features of the MC. The novel experimental data consist of
simultaneous layer-resolved laminar recordings from macaque
primary motor (M1) and premotor (PMd) cortices [3]; as well
as acute simultaneous recordings of macaque dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and visual area V4. All data were
recorded during resting-state sessions, i.e. while the
subjects were not performing any task. Data from the resting
state are expected to deliver rich dynamics related to the
underlying connectivity structure [4].We explore the
parameter space of the MC with an evolutionary algorithm
using biologically inspired spiking cortical microcircuit
models. During the parameter estimation phase, a set of
standardized statistical tests, based on established
single-neuron and population statistics [5], are used to
score the similarity between the simulated data and
experimental recordings. The score is calculated based on
the overlap between experimental and simulated data
statistics via the Wasserstein distance. Parameter estimates
are obtained by maximizing this score, and are then
validated against a separate set of statistics, which were
not used in the estimation phase. Finally, we assess the
similarities and differences of estimated model parameters
across areas.Future work will integrate these local visual
and motor models into a large-scale visuomotor cortical
multi-area model, extending the work in [2, 6].References:1.
Potjans TC, Diesmann M. Cereb Cortex 2014, 24(3),
785–8062. Schmidt M, Bakker R et al. Brain Struct Func
2017, 223, 1409–14353. Kilavik BE. SfN 2018. Online4.
Dąbrowska P, Voges N et al. On the complexity of resting
state spiking activity in monkey motor cortex. In
preparation5. Gutzen R, von Papen M et al. Front Neuroinform
2018, 12:906. Schmidt M, Bakker R et al. PLOS CB 2018, 14,
e1006359},
month = {Jul},
date = {2020-07-18},
organization = {29th Annual Computational Neuroscience
Meeting CNS*2020, Online (Online), 18
Jul 2020 - 23 Jul 2020},
subtyp = {After Call},
cin = {INM-6 / IAS-6 / INM-10},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-6-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828 /
I:(DE-Juel1)INM-10-20170113},
pnm = {571 - Connectivity and Activity (POF3-571) / 574 - Theory,
modelling and simulation (POF3-574) / SPP 2041 347572269 -
Integration von Multiskalen-Konnektivität und
Gehirnarchitektur in einem supercomputergestützten Modell
der menschlichen Großhirnrinde (347572269) / GRK 2416 - GRK
2416: MultiSenses-MultiScales: Neue Ansätze zur Aufklärung
neuronaler multisensorischer Integration (368482240) / HBP
SGA2 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 2
(785907) / HBP SGA3 - Human Brain Project Specific Grant
Agreement 3 (945539) / FLAG-ERA III - The Flagship ERA-NET
— FLAG-ERA III (825207)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-571 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-574 /
G:(GEPRIS)347572269 / G:(GEPRIS)368482240 /
G:(EU-Grant)785907 / G:(EU-Grant)945539 /
G:(EU-Grant)825207},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/878134},
}