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Synchrony generation in recurrent networks with frequency-dependent synapses.

M Tsodyks1, A Uziel, H Markram

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. bnmisha@wicc.weizmann.ac.il

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
|January 11, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Neural networks can spontaneously generate synchronous firing patterns. This self-organized activity, sensitive to stimulus intensity, suggests a novel reflex mechanism in the brain.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Synchronous neuronal firing, occurring on millisecond timescales, is observed in the neocortex.
  • This near-coincident firing is hypothesized to integrate complex stimulus information.
  • The underlying mechanisms for generating such neural synchrony remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mechanisms generating synchronous neuronal activity in a simulated neural network.
  • To explore how synaptic properties influence network-wide synchronous firing.
  • To understand the stimulus-evoked responses of such self-organizing networks.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated a recurrent neural network comprising excitatory and inhibitory neurons.
  • Incorporated synapses with dynamic temporal transmission properties.

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  • Analyzed network activity patterns, including spontaneous and stimulus-evoked bursts.

    • Main Results:

    • The simulated network spontaneously self-organized into highly synchronous population bursts involving most neurons.
    • These population bursts were triggered by external stimuli in an all-or-none fashion.
    • Stimulus intensity and basal neuronal firing rates critically determined the evocation of population bursts, demonstrating topographic sensitivity.

    Conclusions:

    • Randomly interconnected networks with frequency-dependent synapses can exhibit spontaneous, self-organized synchronous activity.
    • This network behavior suggests a novel reflex response mechanism sensitive to stimulus characteristics and background neural activity.
    • The findings highlight the role of synaptic dynamics and population-level properties in generating coordinated neural function.