A Tradeoff in the Neural Code across Regions and Species
| Autor: | Hagar Gelbard-Sagiv, Raviv Pryluk, Itzhak Fried, Yoav Kfir, Rony Paz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Cingulate cortex Emotions Prefrontal Cortex Biology Gyrus Cinguli Amygdala Macaque Article General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Species Specificity biology.animal medicine Animals Humans Child 030304 developmental biology Neurons 0303 health sciences Robustness (evolution) Middle Aged Biological Evolution Macaca mulatta Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Child Preschool Macaca Female Nerve Net Neural coding Neuroscience psychological phenomena and processes 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neuroanatomy Coding (social sciences) |
| Zdroj: | Cell |
| ISSN: | 0092-8674 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cell.2018.12.032 |
| Popis: | Many evolutionary years separate humans and macaques, and whereas the amygdala and cingulate-cortex evolved to enable emotion and cognition in both, an evident functional gap exists. Although it was traditionally attributed to differential neuroanatomy, functional differences might also arise from coding mechanisms. Here, we find that human neurons better utilize information capacity (efficient coding) than macaque neurons, in both regions; and that cingulate neurons are more efficient than amygdala neurons, in both species. In contrast, we find more overlap in the neural vocabulary and more synchronized activity (robustness coding) in monkeys in both regions, and in the amygdala of both species. Our findings demonstrate a tradeoff between robustness and efficiency across species and regions. We suggest that this tradeoff can contribute to differential cognitive functions between species, and underlie the complementary roles of the amygdala and the cingulate-cortex. In turn, it can contribute to fragility underlying human psychopathologies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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