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Estimating temporal causal interaction between spike trains with permutation and transfer entropy.

Zhaohui Li¹, Xiaoli Li

¹Institute of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China.

|August 14, 2013

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We developed normalized permutation transfer entropy (NPTE) to measure causal interactions between neurons. This method accurately estimates information flow, outperforming existing techniques for neural coding analysis.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Information Theory

Background:

Understanding functional connectivity in neuronal networks is crucial.
Accurate estimation of causal interactions between neurons is essential for this understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate a novel method, normalized permutation transfer entropy (NPTE), for quantifying temporal causal interactions between neuronal spike trains.
To assess the performance of NPTE against existing information-theoretic methods.

Main Methods:

Developed the normalized permutation transfer entropy (NPTE) method to quantify ordinal information transfer between spike trains.
Evaluated NPTE using spike trains from an Izhikevich neuronal model and a simulated cortical network.
Compared NPTE with normalized transfer entropy, symbolic transfer entropy, and permutation conditional mutual information.

Main Results:

NPTE effectively estimates causal interactions between neurons, independent of data length.
The method demonstrates superior precision in time delay estimation and robustness against varying neuronal firing rates compared to other methods.
NPTE accurately identified mutual interactions and spurious causality in a three-neuron network simulation.

Conclusions:

NPTE provides a reliable tool for comparing neuronal interactions.
The method offers enhanced accuracy and robustness for analyzing neural coding and functional connectivity.
NPTE is a promising technique for uncovering detailed mechanisms in neural communication.