Presentation 2022-03-03
Mechanism hypothesis for governing imagination by coordination of type I/II pyramidal cells in the claustrum
Ayako Fukawa, Hiroshi Yamakawa,
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Abstract(in English) The ability to imagination may be realized by a mechanism that dynamically integrates accumulated knowledge about the world, independent of the real world. Recently, a model has been proposed in which the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), under the control of the claustrum (CLA), controls the integration of neural activity through projections to various areas of the neocortex. In order for the imagination to function properly in the neocortex, the regions to be detached and the regions to be integrated should be closely coordinated. The excitatory pyramidal cells that project from the CLA to various regions of the neocortex include two types of cell populations: Type I and Type II. In the present study, we followed the procedure of the Structure-constrained Interface Decomposition (SCID) Method to construct the internal mechanism of CLA, which supports imaginative functions in the neocortex. As a result, we proposed an imagination mechanism within the CLA, in which transiently active Type I cell populations are responsible for initiating synchronization between regions for information integration (Clock function), and persistently active Type II cell populations are responsible for detachment (Block function).
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Keyword(in English) claustrum / imagination / anterior cingulate cortex / mechanism
Paper # NC2021-65
Date of Issue 2022-02-23 (NC)

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Committee MBE / NC
Conference Date 2022/3/2(3days)
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Chair Ryuhei Okuno(Setsunan Univ.) / Rieko Osu(Waseda Univ.)
Vice Chair Junichi Hori(Niigata Univ.) / Hiroshi Yamakawa(Univ of Tokyo)
Secretary Junichi Hori(Osaka Electro-Communication Univ) / Hiroshi Yamakawa(ATR)
Assistant Jun Akazawa(Meiji Univ. of Integrative Medicine) / Emi Yuda(Tohoku Univ) / Nobuhiko Wagatsuma(Toho Univ.) / Tomoki Kurikawa(KMU)

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Registration To Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics / Technical Committee on Neurocomputing
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Mechanism hypothesis for governing imagination by coordination of type I/II pyramidal cells in the claustrum
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Keyword(1) claustrum
Keyword(2) imagination
Keyword(3) anterior cingulate cortex
Keyword(4) mechanism
1st Author's Name Ayako Fukawa
1st Author's Affiliation The Whole Brain Architecutre Initiative(WBAI)
2nd Author's Name Hiroshi Yamakawa
2nd Author's Affiliation The Whole Brain Architecture Initiative/The University of Tokyo(WBAI/The Univ. of Tokyo)
Date 2022-03-03
Paper # NC2021-65
Volume (vol) vol.121
Number (no) NC-390
Page pp.pp.100-105(NC),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2022-02-23 (NC)