Biology – Quantitative Biology – Neurons and Cognition
Scientific paper
2005-02-24
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Neurons and Cognition
27 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
In timing-based neural codes, neurons have to emit action potentials at precise moments in time. We use a supervised learning paradigm to derive a synaptic update rule that optimizes via gradient ascent the likelihood of postsynaptic firing at one or several desired firing times. We find that the optimal strategy of up- and downregulating synaptic efficacies can be described by a two-phase learning window similar to that of Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP). If the presynaptic spike arrives before the desired postsynaptic spike timing, our optimal learning rule predicts that the synapse should become potentiated. The dependence of the potentiation on spike timing directly reflects the time course of an excitatory postsynaptic potential. The presence and amplitude of depression of synaptic efficacies for reversed spike timing depends on how constraints are implemented in the optimization problem. Two different constraints, i.e., control of postsynaptic rates or control of temporal locality,are discussed.
Barber David
Gerstner Wulfram
Pfister Jean-Pascal
Toyoizumi Taro
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