Temporal Dynamics of Rate-Based Synaptic Plasticity Rules in a Stochastic Model of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Export

@article{citeulike:6076644, abstract = {doi: 10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555 In a recently proposed, stochastic model of spike-timing-dependent plasticity, we derived general expressions for the expected change in synaptic strength, ΔSn, induced by a typical sequence of precisely n spikes. We found that the rules ΔSn, n ≥ 3, exhibit regions of parameter space in which stable, competitive interactions between afferents are present, leading to the activity-dependent segregation of afferents on their targets. The rules ΔSn, however, allow an indefinite period of time to elapse for the occurrence of precisely n spikes, while most measurements of changes in synaptic strength are conducted over definite periods of time during which a potentially unknown number of spikes may occur. Here, therefore, we derive an expression, ΔS(t), for the expected change in synaptic strength of a synapse experiencing an average sequence of spikes of typical length occurring during a fixed period of time, t. We find that the resulting synaptic plasticity rule Δ S(t) exhibits a number of remarkable properties. It is an entirely self-stabilizing learning rule in all regions of parameter space. Further, its parameter space is carved up into three distinct, contiguous regions in which the exhibited synaptic interactions undergo different transitions as the time t is increased. In one region, the synaptic dynamics change from noncompetitive to competitive to entirely depressing. In a second region, the dynamics change from noncompetitive to competitive without the second transition to entirely depressing dynamics. In a third region, the dynamics are always noncompetitive. The locations of these regions are not fixed in parameter space but may be modified by changing the mean presynaptic firing rates. Thus, neurons may be moved among these three different regions and so exhibit different sets of synaptic dynamics depending on their mean firing rates.}, author = {Elliott, Terry}, citeulike-article-id = {6076644}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555}, journal = {Neural Computation}, keywords = {segregation, stochastic\_model, synapse, synaptic\_interactions, synaptic\_plasticity, temporal\_dynamics, time\_t}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {2253--2307}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 00:31:50}, priority = {0}, title = {Temporal Dynamics of Rate-Based Synaptic Plasticity Rules in a Stochastic Model of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555}, volume = {20}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6076644 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6076644 N2 - doi: 10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555 In a recently proposed, stochastic model of spike-timing-dependent plasticity, we derived general expressions for the expected change in synaptic strength, ΔSn, induced by a typical sequence of precisely n spikes. We found that the rules ΔSn, n ≥ 3, exhibit regions of parameter space in which stable, competitive interactions between afferents are present, leading to the activity-dependent segregation of afferents on their targets. The rules ΔSn, however, allow an indefinite period of time to elapse for the occurrence of precisely n spikes, while most measurements of changes in synaptic strength are conducted over definite periods of time during which a potentially unknown number of spikes may occur. Here, therefore, we derive an expression, ΔS(t), for the expected change in synaptic strength of a synapse experiencing an average sequence of spikes of typical length occurring during a fixed period of time, t. We find that the resulting synaptic plasticity rule Δ S(t) exhibits a number of remarkable properties. It is an entirely self-stabilizing learning rule in all regions of parameter space. Further, its parameter space is carved up into three distinct, contiguous regions in which the exhibited synaptic interactions undergo different transitions as the time t is increased. In one region, the synaptic dynamics change from noncompetitive to competitive to entirely depressing. In a second region, the dynamics change from noncompetitive to competitive without the second transition to entirely depressing dynamics. In a third region, the dynamics are always noncompetitive. The locations of these regions are not fixed in parameter space but may be modified by changing the mean presynaptic firing rates. Thus, neurons may be moved among these three different regions and so exhibit different sets of synaptic dynamics depending on their mean firing rates. IS - 9 JF - Neural Computation EP - 2307 TI - Temporal Dynamics of Rate-Based Synaptic Plasticity Rules in a Stochastic Model of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity VL - 20 SP - 2253 KW - segregation KW - stochastic_model KW - synapse KW - synaptic_interactions KW - synaptic_plasticity KW - temporal_dynamics KW - time_t AU - Elliott, Terry PY - 2008/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/neco.2008.06-07-555 ER -