Emergence of Connectivity Patterns from Long-Term and Short-Term Plasticities
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چکیده
Recent experimental evidence shows that cellular connectivity in the brain is non-random. More specifically, bidirectional connections between pairs of excitatory neurons are predominantly found when neurons connect by short-term facilitating synapses. For this type of synapses, excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) transiently increase upon repeated presynaptic activation. On the contrary, unidirectional connections between pairs of excitatory neurons are predominantly found when neurons are connected by short-term depressing synapses. For these synapses, EPSPs transiently attenuate upon repeated activation. Here we present a simple model combining Short-Term Plasticity (STP) and Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) that might explain the correlation between specific synaptic dynamics and unidirectional or bidirectional connectivity patterns.
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