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ArticleeLife2020

Cortical state transitions and stimulus response evolve along stiff and sloppy parameter dimensions, respectively.

Adrian Ponce-Alvarez, Gabriela Mochol, Ainhoa Hermoso-Mendizabal, Jaime de la Rocha, Gustavo Deco

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors.

Adrian Ponce-AlvarezCenter for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1446-7392
Gabriela MocholCenter for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Ainhoa Hermoso-MendizabalInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Jaime de la RochaInstitut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3314-9384
Gustavo DecoCenter for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Funding

Catalan Research Group Support 2017 SGR 1545European Commission Flag-Era JTC PCI2018-092891European Regional Development Fund SAF2010-15730European Regional Development Fund SAF2013-46717-RHorizon 2020 Framework Programme 785907 HBP SGA1Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 785907 HBP SGA2Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BES-2011-049131Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2016-75688-PMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad SAF2010-15730Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SAF2013-46717-RSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness IJCI-2014-21937Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness PSI2016-75688-PSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness together with the European Regional Development Fund Grants SAF2010-15730Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness together with the European Regional Development Fund Grants SAF2013-46717-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous research showed that spontaneous neuronal activity presents sloppiness: the collective behavior is strongly determined by a small number of parameter combinations, defined as 'stiff' dimensions, while it is insensitive to many others ('sloppy' dimensions). Here, we analyzed neural population activity from the auditory cortex of anesthetized rats while the brain spontaneously transited through different synchronized and desynchronized states and intermittently received sensory inputs. We showed that cortical state transitions were determined by changes in stiff parameters associated with the activity of a core of neurons with low responses to stimuli and high centrality within the observed network. In contrast, stimulus-evoked responses evolved along sloppy dimensions associated with the activity of neurons with low centrality and displaying large ongoing and stimulus-evoked fluctuations without affecting the integrity of the network. Our results shed light on the interplay among stability, flexibility, and responsiveness of neuronal collective dynamics during intrinsic and induced activity.

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AnimalsAuditory CortexEvoked Potentials, AuditoryNeuronsRatsRats, Sprague-Dawleycortical statesmaximum entropynetwork topologyneuroscienceratsloppinessspontaneous activitystimulus response

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PMID32181740
PMCPMC7108864

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