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ArticleBio-protocol2021

A Method for Estimating the Potential Synaptic Connections Between Axons and Dendrites From 2D Neuronal Images.

Carolina Tecuatl, Diek W Wheeler, Giorgio A Ascoli

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Carolina TecuatlCenter for Neural Informatics, Structures, & Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study; and Bioengineering Department, Volgenau School of Engineering; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA.
Diek W WheelerCenter for Neural Informatics, Structures, & Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study; and Bioengineering Department, Volgenau School of Engineering; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA.
Giorgio A AscoliCenter for Neural Informatics, Structures, & Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study; and Bioengineering Department, Volgenau School of Engineering; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA.

Funding

Anatomical characterization of neuronal cell types of the mouse brainU01MH114829 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ASCOLI, GIORGIO A, DONG, HONG-WEI · 2017 to 2021
$13.9M
Generation and Description of Neuronal Morphology and ConnectivityR01NS039600 · NINDS · GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY · PI ASCOLI, GIORGIO A · 1999 to 2024
$6.9M
NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH114829NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Computational neuroscience aims to model, reproduce, and predict network dynamics for different neuronal ensembles by distilling knowledge derived from electrophysiological and morphological evidence. However, analyses and simulations often remain critically limited by the sparsity of direct experimental constraints on essential parameters, such as electron microscopy and electrophysiology pair/multiple recording evidence of connectivity statistics. Notably, available data are particularly scarce regarding quantitative information on synaptic connections among identified neuronal types. Here, we present a user-friendly data-driven pipeline to estimate connection probabilities, number of contacts per connected pair, and distances from the pre- and postsynaptic somas along the axonal and dendritic paths from commonly available two-dimensional tracings and other broadly accessible measurements. The described procedure does not require any computational background and is accessible to all neuroscientists. This protocol therefore fills the important gap from neuronal morphology to circuit organization and can be applied to many different neural systems, brain regions, animal species, and data sources. Graphic abstract: The processing protocol from 2D reconstructions to quantitated synaptic connections.

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Axonal-dendritic overlapConnection probabilitiesContactsConvex hullNeuronal networkPropagation errorSynaptic connectivity

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PMID34327270
PMCPMC8292126

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