Spike timing dependent plasticity promotes synchrony of inhibitory networks in the presence of heterogeneity |
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Authors: | Sachin S Talathi Dong-Uk Hwang William L Ditto |
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Institution: | (1) J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA |
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Abstract: | Recently Haas et al. (J Neurophysiol 96: 3305–3313, 2006), observed a novel form of spike timing dependent plasticity (iSTDP) in GABAergic synaptic couplings in layer II of the entorhinal
cortex. Depending on the relative timings of the presynaptic input at time t
pre and the postsynaptic excitation at time t
post, the synapse is strengthened (Δt = t
post − t
pre > 0) or weakened (Δt < 0). The temporal dynamic range of the observed STDP rule was found to lie in the higher gamma frequency band (≥40 Hz),
a frequency range important for several vital neuronal tasks. In this paper we study the function of this novel form of iSTDP
in the synchronization of the inhibitory neuronal network. In particular we consider a network of two unidirectionally coupled
interneurons (UCI) and two mutually coupled interneurons (MCI), in the presence of heterogeneity in the intrinsic firing rates
of each coupled neuron. Using the method of spike time response curve (STRC), we show how iSTDP influences the dynamics of
the coupled neurons, such that the pair synchronizes under moderately large heterogeneity in the firing rates. Using the general
properties of the STRC for a Type-1 neuron model (Ermentrout, Neural Comput 8:979–1001, 1996) and the observed iSTDP we determine conditions on the initial configuration of the UCI network that would result in 1:1
in-phase synchrony between the two coupled neurons. We then demonstrate a similar enhancement of synchrony in the MCI with
dynamic synaptic modulation. For the MCI we also consider heterogeneity introduced in the network through the synaptic parameters:
the synaptic decay time of mutual inhibition and the self inhibition synaptic strength. We show that the MCI exhibits enhanced
synchrony in the presence of all the above mentioned sources of heterogeneity and the mechanism for this enhanced synchrony
is similar to the case of the UCI. |
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Keywords: | Inhibitory synapses Spike timing dependent plasticity Synchronization Networks Heterogeneity |
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