title: Delayed mutual information infers patterns of synaptic connectivity in a proprioceptive neural network.
abstract: Understanding the patterns of interconnections between neurons in complex networks is an enormous challenge using traditional physiological approaches. Here we combine the use of an information theoretic approach with intracellular recording to establish patterns of connections between layers of interneurons in a neural network responsible for mediating reflex movements of the hind limb of an insect. By analysing delayed mutual information of the synaptic and spiking responses of sensory neurons, spiking and nonspiking interneurons in response to movement of a joint receptor that monitors the position of the tibia relative to the femur, we are able to predict the patterns of interconnections between the layers of sensory neurons and interneurons in the network, with results matching closely those known from the literature. In addition, we use cross-correlation methods to establish the sign of those interconnections and show that they also show a high degree of similarity with those established for these networks over the last 30 years. The method proposed in this paper has great potential to elucidate functional connectivity at the neuronal level in many different neuronal networks.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Av. Alberto Carazzai, 1640, Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil, wendo@utfpr.edu.br.
authors: Wagner
authors: W
authors: Endo
authors: Fernando P
authors: FP
authors: Santos
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Simpson
authors: Carlos D
authors: CD
authors: Maciel
authors: Philip L
authors: PL
authors: Newland
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*
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