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ArticleNature communications2018

Systematic generation of biophysically detailed models for diverse cortical neuron types.

Nathan W Gouwens, Jim Berg, David Feng, Staci A Sorensen, Hongkui Zeng, Michael J Hawrylycz, Christof Koch, Anton Arkhipov

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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68 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nathan W GouwensAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Jim BergAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
David FengAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-8123
Staci A SorensenAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Hongkui ZengAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Michael J HawrylyczAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Christof KochAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6482-8067
Anton ArkhipovAllen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. antona@alleninstitute.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular components of mammalian neocortical circuits are diverse, and capturing this diversity in computational models is challenging. Here we report an approach for generating biophysically detailed models of 170 individual neurons in the Allen Cell Types Database to link the systematic experimental characterization of cell types to the construction of cortical models. We build models from 3D morphologies and somatic electrophysiological responses measured in the same cells. Densities of active somatic conductances and additional parameters are optimized with a genetic algorithm to match electrophysiological features. We evaluate the models by applying additional stimuli and comparing model responses to experimental data. Applying this technique across a diverse set of neurons from adult mouse primary visual cortex, we verify that models preserve the distinctiveness of intrinsic properties between subsets of cells observed in experiments. The optimized models are accessible online alongside the experimental data. Code for optimization and simulation is also openly distributed.

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AnimalsBiophysicsElectrophysiological PhenomenaMiceModels, NeurologicalNeuronsVisual Cortex

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PMID29459718
PMCPMC5818534

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