Title
Tracking the changes of hippocampal population nonlinear dynamics in rats learning a memory-dependent task.
Abstract
Neurobiological processes associated with learning are known to be highly nonlinear, dynamical, and time-varying. Characterizing the time-varying functional input-output properties of neural systems is a critical step to understand the neurobiological basis of learning. In this paper, we present a study on tracking of the changes of neural dynamics in rat hippocampus during learning of a memory-dependent delayed nonmatch-to-sample (DNMS) task. The rats were first trained to perform the DNMS task without a delay between the sample and response events. After reaching a performance level, they were subjected to the DNMS task with variable delays with a 5s mean duration. Spike trains were recorded from hippocampal CA3 (input) and CA1 (output) regions during all training sessions and constitute the input-output data for modeling. We applied the time-varying Generalized Laguerre-Volterra Model to study the changes of the CA3-CA1 nonlinear dynamics using these data. Result showed significant changes in the Volterra kernels after the introduction of delays. This result suggests that the CA3-CA1 nonlinear dynamics established in the initial training sessions underwent a functional reorganization as animals were learning to perform the task that now requires delays.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090902
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
change tracking,cognition,rats,generalized laguerre-volterra model,hippocampal population nonlinear dynamics,neurophysiology,neural systems,neurobiological processes,time varying functional input-output properties,delayed nonmatch-to-sample task,memory dependent task,ca3-ca1 nonlinear dynamics,hippocampus,nonlinear dynamics,kernel,input output
Kernel (linear algebra),Computer vision,Population,Neuroscience,Nonlinear system,Neurophysiology,Computer science,Neural system,Artificial intelligence,Cognition,Hippocampal formation,Hippocampus
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
2011
1557-170X
978-1-4244-4122-8
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.60
2
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rosa H M Chan118222.79
Song Dong260.60
Anushka V. Goonawardena360.60
Bough Sarah460.60
Sesay John560.60
Robert E. Hampson681.00
Sam A. Deadwyler781.67
theodore w berger838087.26