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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2015

System identification of point-process neural systems using probability based Volterra kernels.

Roman A Sandler, Samuel A Deadwyler, Robert E Hampson, Dong Song, Theodore W Berger, Vasilis Z Marmarelis

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Roman A SandlerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: rsandler@usc.edu.
Samuel A DeadwylerDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Robert E HampsonDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Dong SongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Theodore W BergerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Vasilis Z MarmarelisDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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TrainingP41EB001978 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KHOO, MICHAEL C K · 2003 to 2017
$18.1M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB001978NIBIB NIH HHS P41-EB001978
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Abstract

backgroundNeural information processing involves a series of nonlinear dynamical input/output transformations between the spike trains of neurons/neuronal ensembles. Understanding and quantifying these transformations is critical both for understanding neural physiology such as short-term potentiation and for developing cognitive neural prosthetics. NEW

methodA novel method for estimating Volterra kernels for systems with point-process inputs and outputs is developed based on elementary probability theory. These Probability Based Volterra (PBV) kernels essentially describe the probability of an output spike given q input spikes at various lags t1, t2, …, tq.

resultsThe PBV kernels are used to estimate both synthetic systems where ground truth is available and data from the CA3 and CA1 regions rodent hippocampus. The PBV kernels give excellent predictive results in both cases. Furthermore, they are shown to be quite robust to noise and to have good convergence and overfitting properties. Through a slight modification, the PBV kernels are shown to also deal well with correlated point-process inputs. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING

methodsThe PBV kernels were compared with kernels estimated through least squares estimation (LSE) and through the Laguerre expansion technique (LET). The LSE kernels were shown to fair very poorly with real data due to the large amount of input noise. Although the LET kernels gave the best predictive results in all cases, they require prior parameter estimation. It was shown how the PBV and LET methods can be combined synergistically to maximize performance.

conclusionsThe PBV kernels provide a novel and intuitive method of characterizing point-process input-output nonlinear systems.

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Action PotentialsProbability TheorySignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalCA3 Region, HippocampalComputer SimulationElectrodes, ImplantedLeast-Squares AnalysisMaleModels, NeurologicalMonte Carlo MethodMotor ActivityNeuronsNonlinear DynamicsNonlinear modelingRodent hippocampusSchaffer collateralShort-term potentiationSystem identificationVolterra modeling

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PMCPMC4286344

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