Spatial gradients and multidimensional dynamics in a neural integrator circuit. Miri, A., Daie, K., Arrenberg, A. B, Baier, H., Aksay, E., & Tank, D. W Nature neuroscience, 14(9):1150–9, September, 2011.
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In a neural integrator, the variability and topographical organization of neuronal firing-rate persistence can provide information about the circuit's functional architecture. We used optical recording to measure the time constant of decay of persistent firing (persistence time) across a population of neurons comprising the larval zebrafish oculomotor velocity-to-position neural integrator. We found extensive persistence time variation (tenfold; coefficients of variation = 0.58-1.20) across cells in individual larvae. We also found that the similarity in firing between two neurons decreased as the distance between them increased and that a gradient in persistence time was mapped along the rostrocaudal and dorsoventral axes. This topography is consistent with the emergence of persistence time heterogeneity from a circuit architecture in which nearby neurons are more strongly interconnected than distant ones. Integrator circuit models characterized by multiple dimensions of slow firing-rate dynamics can account for our results.
@article{Miri2011,
	title = {Spatial gradients and multidimensional dynamics in a neural integrator circuit.},
	volume = {14},
	issn = {1546-1726},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21857656},
	doi = {10.1038/nn.2888},
	abstract = {In a neural integrator, the variability and topographical organization of neuronal firing-rate persistence can provide information about the circuit's functional architecture. We used optical recording to measure the time constant of decay of persistent firing (persistence time) across a population of neurons comprising the larval zebrafish oculomotor velocity-to-position neural integrator. We found extensive persistence time variation (tenfold; coefficients of variation = 0.58-1.20) across cells in individual larvae. We also found that the similarity in firing between two neurons decreased as the distance between them increased and that a gradient in persistence time was mapped along the rostrocaudal and dorsoventral axes. This topography is consistent with the emergence of persistence time heterogeneity from a circuit architecture in which nearby neurons are more strongly interconnected than distant ones. Integrator circuit models characterized by multiple dimensions of slow firing-rate dynamics can account for our results.},
	number = {9},
	urldate = {2012-07-25},
	journal = {Nature neuroscience},
	author = {Miri, Andrew and Daie, Kayvon and Arrenberg, Aristides B and Baier, Herwig and Aksay, Emre and Tank, David W},
	month = sep,
	year = {2011},
	pmid = {21857656},
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	pages = {1150--9},
}

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