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Neural Networks with Short-Term Synaptic Dynamics (Leiden, May 23 2008) Misha Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute. Mathematical Models of Short-Term Synaptic plasticity Computations in Neural Networks with Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity. Experiments: Henry Markram, Eli Nelken
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Neural Networks with Short-Term Synaptic Dynamics(Leiden, May 23 2008)Misha Tsodyks, Weizmann Institute • Mathematical Models of Short-Term Synaptic plasticity • Computations in Neural Networks with Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity Experiments: Henry Markram, Eli Nelken Theory: Klaus Pawelzik, Alex Loebel
Principles of Time-Dependency of Release Synaptic Facilitation Synaptic Depression Three Laws of Release Limited Synaptic Resources Release Dependent Depression Release Independent Facilitation AP onset Facilitation • Four Parameters of Release • Absolute strength • Probability of release • Depression time constant • Facilitation time constant Depression
A Phenomenological Approach to Dynamic Synaptic Transmission • 4 Key Synaptic Parameters • Absolute strength • Probability of release • Depression time constant • Facilitation time constant
Phenomenological model of synaptic depression (deterministic)
. . . Stochastic transmission
Binomial model of synaptic release Loebel et al, submitted
Testing the Model experiment experiment model model
Frequency-dependence of post-synaptic response Tsodyks et al, PNAS 1997
Population signal Tsodyks et al, Neural Computation 1998
Population signal ‘High-pass filtering’ of the input rate
Synchronous change in pre-synaptic rates Abbott et al Science 1997
Modeling synaptic facilitation (deterministic) Markram, Wang & Tsodyks PNAS 1998
Population signal Tsodyks et al 1998
Recurrent networks with synaptic depression Tsodyks et al, J. Neurosci. 2000 Loebel & Tsodyks JCNS 2002 Loebel, Nelken & Tsodyks, Frontiers in Neurosci. 2007
Experimental evidence for population spikes DeWeese & Zador 2006
Simplified model (no inhibition, uniform connections, rate equations) i J J
The rate model equations • There are two sets of equations representing the excitatory units firing rate, E , and their depression factor, R :
Tone The tonic stimuli is represented by a constant shift of the {e}’s, that, when large enough, causes the network to spike and reach a new steady state