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dMEC Neurons firing

dMEC Neurons firing. Black trace is the rat’s trajectory. Red dots are spikes recorded from one neuron. Eventually a hexagonal activity pattern emerges. Different Phases and Spacings. Different spacings. Same length scale, different phases. Additional Properties.

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dMEC Neurons firing

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  1. dMEC Neurons firing Black trace is the rat’s trajectory. Red dots are spikes recorded from one neuron. Eventually a hexagonal activity pattern emerges.

  2. Different Phases and Spacings Different spacings Same length scale, different phases

  3. Additional Properties • Reorient when a cue-card is rotated • Maintain coherence (for a time) in the dark • Retain spacing independent of enclosure size

  4. Multiple Lattice Sizes Dramatically Increase Range

  5. Properties of Grid Cells • Update individual lattices independently (parallel math) • Store information combinatorially (like a decimal or binary number) • Are potentially vulnerable to large errors from small fluctuations in any lattice • Errors can be “corrected” with help from extra lattices

  6. The combined information from the different phases

  7. Optimizing Some parameters of the system are difficult to measure directly, but can be addressed theoretically. Neurons are costly to grow and maintain, therefore we expect the number of neurons to be minimized for given capability. R Range N # Neurons N # Lattices n # Phases n # Cells / site n L p s So, can write number of neurons in terms of other variables, and minimize:

  8. Optimizing cont... The number of cells per site is set by the need to have a statistically significant difference in the number of counts when comparing -A rat running over an activity blob -A rat running a past a blob (at the resolution limit) We model the firing rate as constant background plus gaussian blobs: After fitting these constants, we can obtain expressions for the optimal number of cells per site.

  9. Fit Results The system is noisy, but by analysing spatial correlations between pairs of spikes, there are enough counts to fit parameters confidently.

  10. Data from Fits • There is a (noisy) linear relationship between width of the blobs and length of the grids • Blob Width ~ 0.22 * Grid Length • Because width scales linearly with length, the lattices all have the same precision in phase

  11. Conclusions from optimization • The optimal lattices are very imprecise • Each has O(10) grid cells • Each has roughly 4 distinct phases in 2D • By pooling this imprecise information, the potential range is huge. Ten lattices can cover 1 square km of range, with an accuracy of ~20 cm while running.

  12. How do the grid cells work? Neural sheet Real space • “Mexican Hat” • Nearby cells excite • Medium distance cells inhibit • A hexagonal pattern spontaneously emerges • Head direction cells bias activity to drift depending on direction the rat faces • A hexagonal pattern on neural sheet results in hexagonal pattern in real space

  13. Neural Imaging and Signal Analysis • The goal of neural imaging/signal analysis is to measure temporal and spatial activity patterns non-invasively. • High temporal and spatial resolution is desirable. • No single technology currently satisfies both of these requirements. • By combining data from different modalities, the shortcomings of individual techniques can be overcome.

  14. fMRI • fMRI measures changes in blood oxygen level (which correlates with activity) in the brain volume • Spatial resolution is a few mm • Temporal resolution is a 2-3 sec, much lower than desirable

  15. fMRI Technology Solution: • Somehow increase the temporal resolution of fMRI? • Difficult to do • Ultimately not useful: the blood oxygen level changes slowly in response to activity • The bold signal changes over the course of several seconds • A high temporal resolution fMRI over-samples a smooth curve ?

  16. EEG • EEG measures changes in voltage at roughly 100 leads placed on the scalp • Activity within the bulk must be inferred • Spatial resolution is low, the problem is highly underdetermined • Temporal resolution is a few ms

  17. EEG Constraints • To obtain a unique solution, EEG solutions are “regularized”, that is an additional constraint is added. Typical constraints are: • Maximal smoothness • Minimum norm However these constraints are not well-motivated, and may actually exclude valid solutions.

  18. EEG Anatomical Constraints • Structural MRI can locate brain structures • Solution points can be constrained to locations likely to emit signals detectible by EEG • Physical and anatomical constraints make the system less underdetermined, but still highly underdetermined. Solution points confined to gray matter

  19. EEG Technology Solution: Add more leads? • Impractical: we’d want ~10K leads. • Still miss signals: EEG measures a superposition of fields from irrotational sources. Some signals are always undetectable. • Not useful: simulations indicate that adding more than ~100 leads doesn’t significantly improve spatial resolution of inferred sources.

  20. Statistical Solution: When performing EEG source localization, use fMRI as a source of priors. • Confine EEG localization to be in active regions from fMRI • fMRI signal changes slowly, so it can be interpolated • Solution will have: • Spatial resolution of fMRI • Temporal resolution of EEG

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