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Cracklin' Fish Brains.

Mark P Beenhakker

    Epilepsy Currents
    |April 9, 2019
    PubMed
    Summary
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    Whole-brain neuronal activity in zebrafish exhibits crackling noise dynamics, characterized by scale-invariant neuronal avalanches. This critical state optimizes brain function but shifts to order during environmental interactions.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Complex Systems
    • Biophysics

    Background:

    • The brain is hypothesized to operate near a critical point, balancing order and disorder for optimal function.
    • This criticality supports emergent, patterned neural dynamics across various scales.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whole-brain neuronal activity dynamics in vivo at near single-cell resolution.
    • To determine if neural activity exhibits scale-invariant properties indicative of criticality.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized light-sheet microscopy and GCaMP imaging in zebrafish larvae.
    • Analyzed spontaneous neuronal activity propagation in 3D.
    • Examined statistical properties of neuronal avalanches.

    Main Results:

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    • Observed spontaneous activity propagating throughout the brain.
    • Demonstrated scale-invariant neuronal avalanches with self-similar temporal and frequency characteristics.
    • Identified gap junctions as crucial for maintaining criticality.
    • Showed a transient shift to a more ordered state during environmental interactions.

    Conclusions:

    • Zebrafish nervous system operates near a nonequilibrium phase transition, supporting diverse neural dynamics.
    • Criticality allows for a broad repertoire of neural representations and behavioral outputs.
    • Environmental interactions transiently alter brain dynamics towards order, potentially for controlled processing.