Information Encoding in Bursting Spiking Neural Network Modulated by Astrocytes

Autor: Sergey V. Stasenko, Victor B. Kazantsev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Entropy, Vol 25, Iss 5, p 745 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 25050745
1099-4300
DOI: 10.3390/e25050745
Popis: We investigated a mathematical model composed of a spiking neural network (SNN) interacting with astrocytes. We analysed how information content in the form of two-dimensional images can be represented by an SNN in the form of a spatiotemporal spiking pattern. The SNN includes excitatory and inhibitory neurons in some proportion, sustaining the excitation–inhibition balance of autonomous firing. The astrocytes accompanying each excitatory synapse provide a slow modulation of synaptic transmission strength. An information image was uploaded to the network in the form of excitatory stimulation pulses distributed in time reproducing the shape of the image. We found that astrocytic modulation prevented stimulation-induced SNN hyperexcitation and non-periodic bursting activity. Such homeostatic astrocytic regulation of neuronal activity makes it possible to restore the image supplied during stimulation and lost in the raster diagram of neuronal activity due to non-periodic neuronal firing. At a biological point, our model shows that astrocytes can act as an additional adaptive mechanism for regulating neural activity, which is crucial for sensory cortical representations.
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