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- Title
Analysis of Development of Direction Selectivity in Retinotectum by a Neural Circuit Model with Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity.
- Authors
Honda, Minoru; Urakubo, Hidetoshi; Tanaka, Keiko; Kuroda, Shinya
- Abstract
The development of direction selectivity in the visual system depends on visual experience. In the developing Xenopus retinotectal system, tectal neurons (TNs) become direction selective through spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) after repetitive retinal exposure to a moving bar in a specific direction. We investigated the mechanism responsible for the development of direction selectivity in the Xenopus retinotectal system using a neural circuit model with STDP. In this retinotectal circuit model, a moving bar stimulated the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), which provided feedforward excitation to the TNs and interneurons (INs). The INs provided delayed feedforward inhibition to the TNs. The TNs also received feedback excitation from neighboring TNs. As a synaptic learning rule, a molecular STDP model was used for synapses between the RGCs and TNs. The retinotectal circuit model reproduced experimentally observed features of the development of direction selectivity, such as increase in input to the TN. The peak of feedforward excitation from RGCs to TNs shifted earlier as a result of STDP. Together with the delayed feedforward inhibition, a stronger earlier transient feedforward signal was generated, which exceeded the threshold of the feedback excitation from the neighboring TNs and resulted in amplification of input to the TN. The suppression of the delayed feedforward inhibition resulted in the development of orientation selectivity rather than direction selectivity, indicating the pivotal role of the delayed feedforward inhibition in direction selectivity. We propose a mechanism for the development of direction selectivity involving a delayed feedforward inhibition with STDP and the amplification of feedback excitation.
- Subjects
NEURAL circuitry; NEUROPLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL neurobiology; NEURAL transmission; RETINAL ganglion cells
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 4, p1516
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3811-10.2011