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1Introduction Neurons and the Problem of Neural
Coding
BOOK Spiking Neuron Models, W. Gerstner and
W. Kistler Cambridge University Press, 2002
Chapter 1
2Background Neurons and Synapses
Book Spiking Neuron Models
Chapter 1.1
3motor cortex
association cortex
visual cortex
to motor output
410 000 neurons 3 km wires
1mm
5-70mV
Na
K
Ca2
Ions/proteins
6Modeling of Biological neural networks
populations of neurons
behavior
neurons
signals
computational model
molecules
ion channels
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne,
EPFL
Laboratory of Computational
Neuroscience, LCN, CH 1015 Lausanne
7Background What is brain-style computation?
Brain
Computer
8Systems for computing and information processing
Brain
Computer
Distributed architecture
Von Neumann architecture
1 CPU
10
(10 transistors)
No separation of processing and memory
9Systems for computing and information processing
Brain
Computer
Tasks
Mathematical
fast
slow
Real world
fast
slow
E.g. complex scenes
10Elements of Neuronal Dynamics
Book Spiking Neuron Models
Chapter 1.2
11Phenomenology of spike generation
threshold -gt Spike
i
Threshold ?Spike emission (Action potential)
12Modeling of Biological neural networks
populations of neurons
spiking neuron model
behavior
neurons
signals
computational model
molecules
ion channels
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne,
EPFL
Laboratory of Computational
Neuroscience, LCN, CH 1015 Lausanne
13A simple phenomenological neuron model
Book Spiking Neuron Models
Chapter 1.3
electrode
14Introduction
Course (Biological Modeling of Neural Networks)
Chapter 1.1
A first phenomenological model
electrode
15Spike Response Model
Spike emission
i
Spike emission AP
All spikes, all neurons
Last spike of i
linear
threshold
16Integrate-and-fire Model
Spike emission
i
reset
I
linear
Firereset
threshold
17The Problem of Neuronal Coding
Book Spiking Neuron Models
Chapter 1.4
18The Problem of Neuronal Coding
Book Spiking Neuron Models
Chapter 1.4
nsp
T
stim
Rate
Rate defined as temporal average
19The Problem of Neuronal Coding
Rate defined as average over stimulus
repetitions Peri-Stimulus Time Histogram
t
20 The problem of neural coding population
activity - rate defined by population average
t
population dynamics?
21 The problem of neural coding temporal codes
Time to first spike after input
correlations
Phase with respect to oscillation
22Reverse Correlations
I(t)
fluctuating input
23Reverse-Correlation Experiments
(simulations)
after 1000 spikes
after 25000 spikes
24Stimulus Reconstruction
I(t)
fluctuating input
25Stimulus Reconstruction
Bialek et al
26 The problem of neural coding What is the code
used by neurons?
Constraints from reaction time experiments
27How fast is neuronal signal processing?
Simon Thorpe Nature, 1996
animal -- no animal
Reaction time experiment
Visual processing
Memory/association
Output/movement
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29How fast is neuronal signal processing?
Simon Thorpe Nature, 1996
animal -- no animal
of
images
Reaction time
Reaction time
400 ms
Visual processing
Memory/association
Output/movement
Recognition time 150ms
30If we want to avoid prior assumptions about
neural coding, we need to model neurons on the
level of action potentials spiking neuron
models