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ArticleBrain and behavior2025

The Impact of Electrophysiological Diversity on Pattern Completion in Lithium Nonresponsive Bipolar Disorder: A Computational Modeling Approach.

Abraham Nunes, Selena Singh, Anouar Khayachi, Shani Stern, Thomas Trappenberg, Martin Alda

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Abraham NunesDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4955-9150
Selena SinghDepartment of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Anouar KhayachiMontreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Shani SternSagol Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Thomas TrappenbergFaculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Martin AldaDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Research Nova Scotia RNS-NHIG-2021-1931
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introductionPatients with bipolar disorder (BD) demonstrate episodic memory deficits, which may be hippocampal-dependent and may be attenuated in lithium responders. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CA3 pyramidal cell-like neurons show significant hyperexcitability in lithium-responsive BD patients, while lithium nonresponders show marked variance in hyperexcitability. We hypothesize that this variable excitability will impair episodic memory recall, as assessed by cued retrieval (pattern completion) within a computational model of the hippocampal CA3.

methodsWe simulated pattern completion tasks using a computational model of the CA3 with different degrees of pyramidal cell excitability variance. Since pyramidal cell excitability variance naturally leads to a mix of hyperexcitability and hypoexcitability, we also examined what fraction (hyper- vs. hypoexcitable) was predominantly responsible for pattern completion errors in our model.

resultsPyramidal cell excitability variance impaired pattern completion (linear model β = -2.00, SE = 0.03, p < 0.001). The effect was invariant to all other parameter settings in the model. Excitability variance, specifically hyperexcitability, increased the number of spuriously active neurons, increasing false alarm rates and producing pattern completion deficits. Excessive inhibition also induces pattern completion deficits by limiting the number of correctly active neurons during pattern retrieval.

conclusionsExcitability variance in CA3 pyramidal cell-like neurons observed in lithium nonresponders may predict pattern completion deficits in these patients. These cognitive deficits may not be fully corrected by medications that minimize excitability. Future studies should test our predictions by examining behavioral correlates of pattern completion in lithium-responsive and -nonresponsive BD patients.

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Bipolar DisorderCA3 Region, HippocampalLithiumModels, NeurologicalAntimanic AgentsComputer SimulationHumansLithium CompoundsMemory, EpisodicMental RecallPyramidal CellsAntimanic AgentsLithiumLithium Compoundsbipolar disorderCA3computational modelinglithium

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