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Burst Ensemble Multiplexing Linking dendritic activity to inhibitory microcircuits Richard Naud Brain and Mind Research Institute Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Ottawa, Canada

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Burst Ensemble MultiplexingLinking dendritic activity to inhibitory

microcircuits

Richard NaudBrain and Mind Research InstituteDepartment of Cellular and Molecular MedicineUniversity of Ottawa, Canada

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Neocortical Neural Code is Hierarchical

Gilbert and Li, Nat Rev Neurosci (2013)Felleman and van Essen, Cereb Cortex (1991) Hubel and Wiesel, J Physiol (1962)

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Synaptic inputs

or sensory

stimulation

FiringRate

Rate 1Inputs 1

Inputs 2 Rate 2

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Outline

Introducing Bursting and the Neural CodePart I: Burst Ensemble MultiplexingPart II: Information-Limiting Factors in MultiplexingPart III: Role of Inhibitory MicrocircuitryHierarchical Codes: A Role for Multiplexing?

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Burst Ensemble Multiplexing

PART I

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Ensemble Firing Rate

Input (sensory)

time

Ensemble Neural Decoding

Firing Rate

Gerstner Neural Comp (2000)

Tchumatchenko et al., J Neurosci (2011)

Knight J Gen Physiol (1972)Wilson and Cowan Biophys J (1972)

Membrane Potential

time

London et al., Nature (2010)Banerjee et al., Neural Comput. (2010)

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Input-derivative encoding Gabbiani et al. Nature (1996)Kepecs et al. (2001)

Larkum et al. Nature (1999)Xu et al. Nat. Neurosci. (2013)Conjunction of inputs

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Burst Ensemble Multiplexing

1 Burst

Firing times

Events}

Firing Rate

Burst Rate

Event Rate

Singlet Rate

1 Singlet

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Distinct Nature of Inputs to Apical VS Perisomatic

SomaticSensory - Bottom-up

Gilbert and Sigman Neuron (2007)Petreanu et al. Nature (2009)

Larkum Trends Neurosci (2013)Xu et al. Nature (2012)

Deep-layer (L5B)pyramidal cells

Top-down (Attention,

expectation, top-down partial credit)

Dendritic

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Cortical Microcircuits

Gilbert and Li, Nat Rev Neurosci (2013)

+ STD

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Tsodyks and Markram PNAS (1998)

Pala and Petersen, Neuron (2015)Jiang et al. Science (2016)

Reyes et al. Nat Neurosci (1998) Pfeffer et al. Nat Neurosci (2013)Pi et al. Nature (2013)

Lovett-Baron Nat Neurosci (2012)Pi et al. Nature (2013)

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Bursts of Action Potentials in vivo

Bursts are sparseBursts are shortBursts are stereotypical

In vivo ISI distributions are bimodal: Bursts and single spikesP (ISI)

Interspike interval (schematic)

de Kock et al. J Phys (2008)

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Bursting in L5B cells: BAC-Firing

Deep-layer (L5B)pyramidal cell

population

20 ms

10 ms

Larkum et al. Nature (1999)

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Naud, Bathellier and Gerstner, Front Comp Neuro (2014)

Characterization of Active Dendrites

Two-compartment model fitted on electrophysiological data- Predicts 85% of spike times- Morris-Lecar dendritic compartment and LIF soma (+

adaptation)- Back-propagating action potential and Forward propagating

calcium spike

Experiment Model

Mensi, et al. J Neurophys (2012)

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Background noise

Each compartment receives background noiseAmplitude of noise tuned to yield 5 mV standard deviation (Polack et al. Nat Neurosci 2013)Background noise replaces E-I balance and synaptic bombardment

background noise

background noise

Each compartment receives independent noise Simulate ensemble

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Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

Simulations of Deep Cortical Cells show Burst Ensemble Multiplexing

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Deep-layerpyramidal cell

population

Simulations of Deep Cortical Cells show Burst Ensemble Multiplexing

Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

S Dx

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DecodingEncoding

A single ensemble of pyramidal neurons can encode two streams of information simultaneously with different spike

timing patterns

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Information Limiting Factors in Multiplexing

PART II

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Encoding Time-dependent Stimuli

Multiplexing holds for quickly changing inputs up to approximately 40 Hz.

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Mutual Information of Firing Rate vs Multiplexing

Shannon (1948)Bialek et al. (1991)

Lindner IEEE (2016)

~420+210 = 630 bits/s~300 + 40 = 340 bits/s

Multiplexing info.Firing Rate info.

I(A; B) = �Z W

0log2(1� C(!))d!

Burst Ensemble Multiplexing can almost double information rate

Burst Ensemble Multiplexing is works with larger ensembles

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Information-Limiting Factors

Bandwidth

Number of cells

E0

F0

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Stationary event rateStationary Burst ProbabilityNumber of neurons in the ensembleEffective membrane potential input-driven varianceBandwidth

Ps Pd

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Theoretical Estimates of Information Rate

E0

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Stationary event rateStationary Burst ProbabilityNumber of neurons in the ensembleEffective membrane potential input-driven varianceBandwidth

Ps Pd

Renewal Theory and Information Theory

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Theoretical limits to multiplexing

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Sparse and short bursts are optimal

Compare Total Multiplexing Information with Classical firing rate info, constrained for matched total number of spikes

Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

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Can Neurons Read a Multiplexed Code?

PART III

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Neural Demixing: Short-Term Plasticity and Cortical Microcircuits

STD

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Short-term Facilitation

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Simulations of Neocortical Networks show Demultiplexing

Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

Time [ms]

S Dx

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Simulations of Neocortical Networks show Demultiplexing

+ STD

STF+-

Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

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Theoretical limits to multiplexing

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Sparse and short bursts are optimal

Compare Total Multiplexing Information with Classical firing rate info, constrained for matched total number of spikes

Naud & Sprekeler, Submitted

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Martinotti Inhibition can Optimize Multiplexing

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1) Feedback dendritic inhibition imposes short and sparse bursts, 2) Multiplexing is preserved when inhibition follows the STF + divisive inhibition motif

som. input at 0,200, 400 pA

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Summary

- Properties of active dendrites is consistent with a mechanism for encoding two streams of information simultaneously

- Burst Ensemble Multiplexing is a distinct for time-division multiplexing and frequency division multiplexing

- Short and sparse bursts are optimal for multiplexing

- Decoding of two streams of information is consistent with physiology of inhibitory microcircuits in the cortex

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Bottom-up input

Top Down Input

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Bottom-up input

Top Down Input

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Bottom-up Somatic Input

Burst Probability in Low-Level Ensemble

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STF and Divisive Inhibitionin Descending Connections

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Burst Probability of Low-Level Ensemble

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STF in DescendingConnections

STD in AscendingConnections

Two-way Vertical Communication Layer-wise Top-down Multiplication

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Acknowledgments

Henning Sprekeler

Matthew Larkum

Technische Universität BerlinBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Albert Gidon

University of Ottawa Centre for Neural Dynamics

Len Maler

Jean-Claude BéïqueSimon Chen

Humboldt Universität

Filip Vercruysse

Neural Coding LabLouis Vallée Zeke Williams An Duong

We have open Ph.D. and PostDoc positions!

Funding

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Hypothesis: Burst for Multiplexing

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Brain Rhythms and Bursting

Figure 1: Power Spectral Density for TPN population simulated under varying constant

dendritic input and 200pA constant somatic input. (A) Power spectral density for TPN popu-lation with Id = 500pA (red) and Id = -500pA (blue). (B) Neural response (top, raster) and somaticmembrane potential (bottom) to constant 500pA dendritic input. �v = 9.68mV, mean firing of 18 Hzand Fano Factor of 0.52 calculated after 5 repetitions. (C) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. constant dendritic current of power Id. (D) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. average Burst fraction.

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Figure 1: Power Spectral Density for TPN population simulated under varying constant

dendritic input and 200pA constant somatic input. (A) Power spectral density for TPN popu-lation with Id = 500pA (red) and Id = -500pA (blue). (B) Neural response (top, raster) and somaticmembrane potential (bottom) to constant 500pA dendritic input. �v = 9.68mV, mean firing of 18 Hzand Fano Factor of 0.52 calculated after 5 repetitions. (C) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. constant dendritic current of power Id. (D) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. average Burst fraction.

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Bursting imposes a strong correlation structure, even in the asynchronous state

Figure 1: Power Spectral Density for TPN population simulated under varying constant

dendritic input and 200pA constant somatic input. (A) Power spectral density for TPN popu-lation with Id = 500pA (red) and Id = -500pA (blue). (B) Neural response (top, raster) and somaticmembrane potential (bottom) to constant 500pA dendritic input. �v = 9.68mV, mean firing of 18 Hzand Fano Factor of 0.52 calculated after 5 repetitions. (C) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. constant dendritic current of power Id. (D) Normalized peak power of frequencies in the↵/� regime vs. average Burst fraction.

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Louis ValléeuOttawa

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Burst Ensemble Multiplexing

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Cortical Microcircuits

Tsodyks and Markram PNAS (1998)

Pala and Petersen, Neuron (2015)Jiang et al. Science (2016)

+ STD

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Reyes et al. Nat Neurosci (1998) Pfeffer et al. Nat Neurosci (2013)Pi et al. Nature (2013)

Lovett-Baron Nat Neurosci (2012)Pi et al. Nature (2013)

Short-Term Facilitation

(STF)

Short-Term Depression

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Pyr

Pyr -> SOM+

Pyr -> PV+

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Naud, Bathellier and Gerstner, Front Comp Neuro (2014)

Two-compartment model reproduces BAC-firing

Model reproduces - Spike Timing - BAC-Firing - Critical Frequency

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Rate Coding

Source: backyardbrains.com

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Conditions for Information Enhancement