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Anna C Schneider¹, Omar Itani¹, Dirk Bucher¹

¹Federated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

|July 19, 2022

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Neuromodulators can reduce variability in neural circuit output across individuals by increasing excitability. This tuning mechanism promotes similar neuronal firing rates and response thresholds despite differences in ion channel expression.

Keywords:

bursting neuron central pattern generator stomatogastric variability

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Computational Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience

Background:

Neural circuits exhibit consistent output across individuals despite variations in neuronal properties like ion channels.
Neuromodulators are key regulators of circuit states and neuronal excitability, potentially influencing output similarity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if neuromodulation can decrease output variability in a single neuron across individuals.
To explore the mechanisms by which neuromodulation promotes neuronal output similarity despite interindividual differences in ion channel expression.

Main Methods:

Studied the LP neuron in the crab stomatogastric ganglion (STG) to assess f-I curves and rebound properties.
Applied neuropeptides at saturating concentrations to modulate neuronal excitability and compared output variability.
Utilized a family of computational LP-like models to explore mechanisms of output similarity.

Main Results:

Neuropeptide application significantly reduced output variability in neuronal response properties.
Two mechanisms contributing to output similarity were identified: response saturation and differential increase in baseline activity.
Response saturation reduced variability when a shared ceiling was present, while increased baseline activity reduced variability independently of ceiling effects.

Conclusions:

Neuromodulation of neuronal excitability can compensate for interindividual variability in ion channel expression.
Neuropeptides promote neuronal output similarity by establishing similar response thresholds and maximal firing rates through differential baseline activity increase and saturation.
These findings highlight neuromodulation as a critical mechanism for maintaining functional consistency in neural systems.