The role of population structure in computations through neural dynamics

A Dubreuil, A Valente, M Beiran… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Neural computations are currently investigated using two separate approaches: sorting
neurons into functional subpopulations or examining the low-dimensional dynamics of …

Choice selective inhibition drives stability and competition in decision circuits

JP Roach, AK Churchland, TA Engel - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
During perceptual decision-making, the firing rates of cortical neurons reflect upcoming
choices. Recent work showed that excitatory and inhibitory neurons are equally selective for …

Inhibitory control in neuronal networks relies on the extracellular matrix integrity

E Dzyubenko, M Fleischer… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Inhibitory control is essential for the regulation of neuronal network activity, where excitatory
and inhibitory synapses can act synergistically, reciprocally, and antagonistically. Sustained …

Emergence of functional and structural properties of the head direction system by optimization of recurrent neural networks

CJ Cueva, PY Wang, M Chin, XX Wei - arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.10189, 2019 - arxiv.org
Recent work suggests goal-driven training of neural networks can be used to model neural
activity in the brain. While response properties of neurons in artificial neural networks bear …

Neural criticality from effective latent variables

MC Morrell, I Nemenman, A Sederberg - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Observations of power laws in neural activity data have raised the intriguing notion that
brains may operate in a critical state. One example of this critical state is 'avalanche …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary roles of dimensionality and population structure in neural computations

A Dubreuil, A Valente, M Beiran, F Mastrogiuseppe… - biorxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Neural computations are currently investigated using two competing approaches: sorting
neurons into functional classes, or examining the low-dimensional dynamics of collective …

Latent dynamics of primary sensory cortical population activity structured by fluctuations in the local field potential

A Sederberg, A Pala, GB Stanley - Frontiers in Computational …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction As emerging technologies enable measurement of precise details of the activity
within microcircuits at ever-increasing scales, there is a growing need to identify the salient …

Emergence of complex oscillatory dynamics in the neuronal networks with long activity time of inhibitory synapses

M Khanjanianpak, N Azimi-Tafreshi, A Valizadeh - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
The brain displays complex dynamics, including collective oscillations, and extensive
research has been conducted to understand their generation. However, our understanding …

AI of brain and cognitive sciences: from the perspective of first principles

L Chen, Z Chen, L Jiang, X Liu, L Xu, B Zhang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Nowadays, we have witnessed the great success of AI in various applications, including
image classification, game playing, protein structure analysis, language translation, and …

Two roles for choice selective inhibition in decision-making circuits

JP Roach, AK Churchland, TA Engel - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
During perceptual decision-making, the firing rates of cortical neurons reflect upcoming
choices. Recent work showed that excitatory and inhibitory neurons are equally selective for …