Information capacity and transmission are maximized in balanced cortical networks with neuronal avalanches

Details Information capacity and transmission are maximized in balanced cortical networks with neuronal avalanches Information capacity and transmission are maximized in balanced cortical networks with neuronal avalanches

2010-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/1012.3623v1

The Journal of Neuroscience, January 5, 2011 31(01)

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Quantitative Biology

Neurons and Cognition

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The repertoire of neural activity patterns that a cortical network can produce constrains the network's ability to transfer and process information. Here, we measured activity patterns obtained from multi-site local field potential (LFP) recordings in cortex cultures, urethane anesthetized rats, and awake macaque monkeys. First, we quantified the information capacity of the pattern repertoire of ongoing and stimulus-evoked activity using Shannon entropy. Next, we quantified the efficacy of information transmission between stimulus and response using mutual information. By systematically changing the ratio of excitation/inhibition (E/I) in vitro and in a network model, we discovered that both information capacity and information transmission are maximized at a particular intermediate E/I, at which ongoing activity emerges as neuronal avalanches. Next, we used our in vitro and model results to correctly predict in vivo information capacity and interactions between neuronal groups during ongoing activity. Close agreement between our experiments and model suggest that neuronal avalanches and peak information capacity arise due to criticality and are general properties of cortical networks with balanced E/I.

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