Presentation 2021-01-22
Attentional modulation of spike synchrony in a disinihibition network model
Nobuhiko Wagatsuma, Haruka Shimomura, Sou Nobukawa,
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Abstract(in English) Recent computational study has reported that top-down attention mediated by feedback signals modulates the neuronal activities in visual areas via activating inhibitory neurons. In this study, we propose network model consisting excitatory Border Ownership (BO) neuron and two classes of inhibitory neurons (SOM and VIP neurons). Attention was mediated by the projection of VIP to SOM neurons, whereas visual inputs projected to both Pyr and SOM neurons. Simulations of the model were in good agreement with attentional modulation of physiological V2 neurons, which indicated that attention decreased spike synchrony between pairs of BO model neurons, independent of the increase in their firing rates due to attention. These results suggested that the behavior of two types of inhibitory neurons underlie the attentional modulation in visual cortices.
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Keyword(in English) Border-Ownership / Cortical Network Model / disinhibition / Visual Attention / Synchrony
Paper # NC2020-39
Date of Issue 2021-01-14 (NC)

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Committee NC / NLP
Conference Date 2021/1/21(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) NC,NLP
Chair Kazuyuki Samejima(Tamagawa Univ) / Kiyohisa Natsume(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Rieko Osu(Waseda Univ.) / Takuji Kosaka(Chukyo Univ.)
Secretary Rieko Osu(NTT) / Takuji Kosaka(ATR)
Assistant Ken Takiyama(TUAT) / Nobuhiko Wagatsuma(Toho Univ.) / Toshikaza Samura(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Hideyuki Kato(Oita Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Neurocomputing / Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Attentional modulation of spike synchrony in a disinihibition network model
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Border-Ownership
Keyword(2) Cortical Network Model
Keyword(3) disinhibition
Keyword(4) Visual Attention
Keyword(5) Synchrony
1st Author's Name Nobuhiko Wagatsuma
1st Author's Affiliation Toho University(Toho Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Haruka Shimomura
2nd Author's Affiliation Toho University(Toho Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Sou Nobukawa
3rd Author's Affiliation Chiba Institute of Technology(CIT)
Date 2021-01-22
Paper # NC2020-39
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) NC-331
Page pp.pp.40-44(NC),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2021-01-14 (NC)