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Evolving Our Understanding of The Neural Control of Breathing Jeff Mendenhall College of William and Mary Department of Applied Sciences, Room #314. Outline. Why Investigate Breathing Review Standard Model Shortcomings of the Standard Model The Next Step
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Evolving Our Understanding ofThe Neural Control of BreathingJeff MendenhallCollege of William and MaryDepartment of Applied Sciences, Room #314
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
Our Motivation • Necessity of breathing • Stroke/Disease-induced lesions can impair breathing • CCHS and other disorders of the control of breathing
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
System Overview • Neural Control of Inspiration Takes Place in the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) 1 preBötC XII Nerve Muscles
Terminology Inspiratory burst (raw) Inspiratory burst (smoothed) Inspiratory drive potential amplitude area
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
Standard Model • Assumptions: Effectively Isospatial Currents Present: INaP, INaF, IK, IL, Itonic-e, Isyn • Predictions: “Pacemaker” neurons and INaP Essential for Network-Level Bursts
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
Problems with the Standard Model I • Assumptions: Effectively Isospatial • Currents Present: INaP, INaF, IK, IL, Itonic-e + ICAN, Ih, IA, INMDA, IGABA
Problems with the Standard Model II • Predictions: “Pacemaker” neurons and INaP are Essential for Network Functioning -Pace, Mackay, Feldman, and Del Negro, J. Physiology, 582: 113-125 2007. 3 -Del Negro, Morgado-Valle. Mackay, and Feldman, J. Neuroscience, 25(2): 446-53.4 -Del Negro, Morgado-Valle, and Feldman, Neuron 34: 821- 30, 2002.5
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
Dendritic Compartment Somatic Compartment The Next Step I • Correct Isospatial Assumption • Use Realistic • gNaP Conductance • Add Other Currents
The Next Step II • Add mGluR-IP3-Ca2+-ICAN pathway
The Next Step III: • Add material balance for Ca2+ and Na+ Example: Ca2+ Balance
The Next Step IV • Add calcium microdomains
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
The Problem: Dendritic Compartment Somatic Compartment Too Many Poorly Constrained Parameters
Methods: Evolving SolutionsStep 2: Sit back, relax, let the computer do the work
Methods: Evolving SolutionsStep 1: Teach the Fitness Function What is Important Score: 100 Score: -5 (Kill) Score: 40 Score: 50 Fitness Function Score: -30 (Kill)
What Is a Fitness Function Anyway? A weighted sum of fitness measures
Inside the Black Box Trace Statistics Spike/Burst Analyzer Traces Determine Kill Conditions Scores Stable, Bounded Linear Regression Surviving Traces Fitness Parameters
Advantages of Evolutionary Algorithm • Efficiently Handles Large Parameter Spaces • Yields Many Good Regions • Approximates Their Boundaries
Preliminary Results • Problem: Fit the current model to 4 experiment traces • Number of Parameters: 110
Some Evolved Solutions Ideal Curve
V (Dend) Ca2+(Dend) ICAN Ca2+ From Stores
Outline • Why Investigate Breathing • Review • Standard Model • Shortcomings of the Standard Model • The Next Step • Dealing with the Problem of Detailed Models • Where to from here
Future Directions • Add More Experiments • Adjust Parameter Ranges • Make / Test Predictions
Acknowledgements Academic Dr. Christopher Del Negro (C. W&M) Dr. Pete Roper (U. Utah) Financial NSF Grant IOB-0616099 Suzzane Matthews Faculty Research Award
References • Smith, J.C., Ellenberger, H.H., Ballanyi, K., Richter, D.W. & Feldman, J.L. “Pre-Bötzinger complex: a brainstem region that may generate respiratory rhythm in mammals.” Science 254, 726-9 (1991). • Rekling, J.C., Champagnat, J. & Denavit-Saubie, M. (1996) “Electroresponsive properties and membrane potential trajectories of three types of inspiratory neurons in the newborn mouse brain stem in vitro.” J Neurophysiol 75, 795-810. 3. Ryland W. Pace, Devin D. Mackay, Jack L. Feldman, and Christopher A. Del Negro (2007). “Cellular And Synaptic Mechanisms That Generate Inspiratory Drive Potentials In Pre-Bötzinger Neurons In Vitro.” J. Physiology 582: 113-125 2007. 4. Del Negro, C. A., C. Morgado-Valle, et al. (2005). "Sodium and Calcium Current-Mediated Pacemaker Neurons and Respiratory Rhythm Generation." J. Neurosci. 25(2): 446-453. 5. Del Negro, C. A., N. Koshiya, et al. (2002). "Persistent sodium current, membrane properties and bursting behavior of pre-botzinger complex inspiratory neurons in vitro." J Neurophysiol 88(5): 2242-50.