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Inhibition of bAPs and Ca2+ spikes in a multi-compartment pyramidal neuron model (Wilmes et al 2016)

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Accession:187603
"Synaptic plasticity is thought to induce memory traces in the brain that are the foundation of learning. To ensure the stability of these traces in the presence of further learning, however, a regulation of plasticity appears beneficial. Here, we take up the recent suggestion that dendritic inhibition can switch plasticity of excitatory synapses on and off by gating backpropagating action potentials (bAPs) and calcium spikes, i.e., by gating the coincidence signals required for Hebbian forms of plasticity. We analyze temporal and spatial constraints of such a gating and investigate whether it is possible to suppress bAPs without a simultaneous annihilation of the forward-directed information flow via excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs). In a computational analysis of conductance-based multi-compartmental models, we demonstrate that a robust control of bAPs and calcium spikes is possible in an all-or-none manner, enabling a binary switch of coincidence signals and plasticity. ..."
Reference:
1 . Wilmes KA, Sprekeler H, Schreiber S (2016) Inhibition as a Binary Switch for Excitatory Plasticity in Pyramidal Neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 12:e1004768 [PubMed]
Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)
Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex; Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON; Python;
Model Concept(s): Dendritic Action Potentials; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Integration;
Implementer(s): Wilmes, Katharina A. [katharina.wilmes at googlemail.com];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell;
#!/usr/bin/env python

"""plasticity pairing protocol used in Figure 6, S2 and S5"""

# _title_     : pairingprotocol.py
# _author_     : Katharina Anna Wilmes
# _mail_     : katharina.anna.wilmes __at__ cms.hu-berlin.de


# --Imports--
import sys
import os

import math
from time import time

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import neuron
from neuron import h

from neuronmodel import *
from config_pairing import *
from sim import *


path = './'


NO_REPS = 5 # 100 pairings
RESET = True
DT=0.1 # ms, set the integration step
POST_AMP = 0.3 # nA, amplitude of current injection to trigger the POST-synaptic spike
WARM_UP=1000 # ms
AP_DELAY = 4 #ms, AP needs 4ms after stimulation to become initiated
identifier = '2015-01-13-00h00m00s'
savepath = '%s%s'%(path,identifier)
if not os.path.exists(savepath):
	os.mkdir(savepath)

def _get_current_trace(freq,delta_t,t_stop,pre=False,test=True) :
    trace = np.zeros(t_stop/DT)
    for i in range(NO_REPS) :
        if(pre) :
            start_t = (0 + i* (1000.0/freq) + WARM_UP)
        else :
            start_t = (0 + delta_t - AP_DELAY + i* (1000.0/freq) + WARM_UP)
        end_t = (start_t+2)
        if(test) :
            print 'start_t=%g, end_t=%g (t_stop=%g, len(trace)=%f)' % (start_t,end_t,t_stop,len(trace))
        trace[start_t/DT:end_t/DT] = POST_AMP
    return trace

def create_syn(syn_type,pos, thresh, w_max, potentiation_factor, depression_factor):

    syn = h.ExpSynSTDP(pos)
    syn.thresh = thresh
    syn.wmax = w_max
    syn.dd == depression_factor
    syn.dp = potentiation_factor
    return syn


def main():

    my_rawdata = {}

    #inputs
    freq = params['Input']['freq'].value

    # Synapses
    pos = params['set_me']['pos'].value
    shunt_pos = params['set_me']['shunt_pos'].value
        
    syn_type = params['Synapse']['syn_type']
    freq_i = params['Synapse']['interneuron_frequency'].value
    reps_inh = params['Synapse']['interneuron_reps'].value
    total_distal_weight = params['Synapse']['total_distal_weight'].value
    
    proximal_shunt_pos = params['shunt']['proximal_shunt_pos'].value
    distal_shunt_pos = params['shunt']['distal_shunt_pos'].value
    basal_shunt_pos = params['shunt']['basal_shunt_pos'].value
    proximal_shunt_compartment = params['shunt']['proximal_shunt_compartment']
    distal_shunt_compartment = params['shunt']['distal_shunt_compartment']
    basal_shunt_compartment = params['shunt']['basal_shunt_compartment']
    shunt_delay = params['shunt']['shunt_delay'].value
    distal_shunt_weight = params['shunt']['distal_shunt_weight'].value
    proximal_shunt_weight = params['shunt']['proximal_shunt_weight'].value
    basal_shunt_weight = params['shunt']['basal_shunt_weight'].value
    basal_shunt_delay = params['shunt']['basal_shunt_delay'].value

    thresh = params['STDP']['thresh'].value
    ca_thresh = params['STDP']['ca_thresh'].value
    potentiation_factor = params['STDP']['potentiation_factor'].value
    depression_factor = params['STDP']['depression_factor'].value
    w_max = params['STDP']['w_max'].value

    sim_params = params['sim']
    shunt_params = params['shunt']   

    source = False

    delta_t_range = np.arange(-20,21,1)

    weight_change = np.zeros((len(delta_t_range)))


    for i, delta_t in enumerate(delta_t_range):
        print "iteration %d from %d"%(i+1,len(delta_t_range)) 

        cell = Neuron()
        sim = Simulation(cell,sim_params)
        sim.dt = DT
        sim.v_init = -70
    
        # set plastic synapses
        if pos == 1:
            syn = create_syn(syn_type,cell.basal_main(0.5),thresh, w_max, potentiation_factor, depression_factor)
            weight = params['Synapse']['basal_weight'].value
        elif pos == 2:
            syn = create_syn(syn_type,cell.oblique_branch(0.5),thresh, w_max, potentiation_factor, depression_factor)
            weight = params['Synapse']['oblique_weight'].value
        elif pos == 3:
            #syn = create_syn(syn_type,cell.branches[0](0.1),thresh)
            syn = h.ExpSynCaSTDP(cell.branches[0](0.1))
            weight = params['Synapse']['distal_weight'].value
        else:
            raise ValueError
    
    
        exnc = h.List()
        interval = 1000.0/freq
        exstim = h.NetStim()
        exstim.number = NO_REPS
        exstim.interval = interval
        exstim.start = WARM_UP
        exstim.noise= 0
    
        exnc.append(h.NetCon(exstim,syn,0,0,weight))
        if pos == 3:
            # distal excitation to trigger calcium spike
            syn1 = h.Exp2Syn(cell.branches[0](0.1))
            syn1.e = 0
            syn1.tau1 = 0.5
            syn1.tau2 = 2
            weight1 = total_distal_weight-weight
            exnc.append(h.NetCon(exstim,syn1,0,0,weight1))
    
        # somatic current injection to trigger postsynaptic spike
        ic = h.IClamp(cell.soma(0.5))
        ic.delay = 0
        ic.dur=1e9
        total_time = WARM_UP+NO_REPS*(1000.0/freq)+100
        current_trace = _get_current_trace(freq,delta_t,total_time,pre=False)
        current_vec = h.Vector(current_trace)
        current_vec.play(ic._ref_amp,DT)
    
        sim.sim_time = total_time
    
        inh_delay = WARM_UP + delta_t - AP_DELAY + shunt_delay
        basal_inh_delay = WARM_UP + delta_t - AP_DELAY + basal_shunt_delay
    
        # inhibition
        if shunt_pos == 0:
            print "no inhibition"
        elif shunt_pos == 1: # distal
            sim.set_Shunt(shunt_params, distal_shunt_pos, shunt_weight, distal_shunt_compartment, source, inh_delay, NO_REPS, interval)
        elif shunt_pos == 2: # proximal
            sim.set_Shunt(shunt_params, proximal_shunt_pos, shunt_weight, proximal_shunt_compartment, source, inh_delay, NO_REPS, interval)
        elif shunt_pos == 3: # basal
            for i in np.arange(NO_REPS):
                sim.set_Shunt(shunt_params, basal_shunt_pos, shunt_weight, basal_shunt_compartment, source, basal_inh_delay+i*interval, no_reps = reps_inh, interval=1000.0/freq_i)                
        else:
            raise ValueError
    
        # recording
        trec = h.Vector()
        trec.record(h._ref_t)
        vrec = h.Vector()
        vrec.record(cell.soma(0.5)._ref_v)
        vdrec = h.Vector()
        vdrec.record(cell.branches[0](0.5)._ref_v)
        vbrec = h.Vector()
        vbrec.record(cell.basal_main(0.5)._ref_v)
        vorec = h.Vector()
        vorec.record(cell.oblique_branch(0.9)._ref_v)
    
        # record state vars
        vit2m, vit2h, vscam, vscah, vkcan, vna3dendm, vna3dendh = [h.Vector() for x in xrange(7)]
        vit2m.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).it2._ref_m)
        vit2h.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).it2._ref_h)
        vscam.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).sca._ref_m)
        vscah.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).sca._ref_h)
        vkcan.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).kca._ref_n)
        vna3dendm.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).na3dend._ref_m)
        vna3dendh.record(cell.branches[0](0.5).na3dend._ref_h)
    
        if syn_type == 'additive':
            if True:
                grec = h.Vector()
                grec.record(exnc[0]._ref_weight[1])
                wrec = h.Vector()
                wrec.record(exnc[0]._ref_weight[3])
            else:
                wrec = h.Vector()
                wrec.record(syn._ref_w)
    
        if pos == 3:
            carec = h.Vector()
            carec.record(cell.branches[0](0.1)._ref_cai)
    
    
        sim.go()
        t = np.array(trec)
        v = np.array(vrec)
        vd = np.array(vdrec)
        vb = np.array(vbrec)
        vo = np.array(vorec)
        it2m = np.array(vit2m)
        it2h = np.array(vit2h)
        scam = np.array(vscam)
        scah = np.array(vscah)
        kcan = np.array(vkcan)
        na3dendm = np.array(vna3dendm)
        na3dendh = np.array(vna3dendh)
    
    
        if syn_type == 'additive':
            w = np.array(wrec)
        if pos ==3:
            car = np.array(carec)


        weight_change[i] = (w[-1]-w[0])

    norm_factor = np.max(weight_change)
    print np.shape(norm_factor)

    plt.figure()
    ax = plt.subplot(111)
    ax.plot(delta_t_range,weight_change[:]/norm_factor)
    ax.spines['left'].set_position('zero')
    # turn off the right spine/ticks
    ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
    ax.yaxis.tick_left()
    # set the y-spine
    ax.spines['bottom'].set_position('zero')
    # turn off the top spine/ticks
    ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
    ax.xaxis.tick_bottom()
    plt.ylim(-1,1.1)
    plt.xlim(-20,20)
    plt.ylabel('$\Delta$ w')
    plt.xlabel('$\Delta$ t')
    plt.savefig('%s/weight_change.eps'%(savepath))

    # delete
    del(cell)
    del(sim)
    del(syn)
    del(exstim)
    del(exnc)
    del(trec);del(vrec)

    my_rawdata['t'] = t
    my_rawdata['v'] = v
    my_rawdata['vd'] = vd
    my_rawdata['vb'] = vb
    my_rawdata['vo'] = vo
    my_rawdata['it2m'] = it2m
    my_rawdata['it2h'] = it2h
    my_rawdata['scam'] = scam
    my_rawdata['scah'] = scah
    my_rawdata['kcan'] = kcan
    my_rawdata['na3dendm'] = na3dendm
    my_rawdata['na3dendh'] = na3dendh


    if pos ==3:
        my_rawdata['ca'] = car

    if syn_type == 'additive':
        my_rawdata['w'] = w

    rawdata = {'raw_data': my_rawdata}

    return rawdata

if __name__ == '__main__':

    rawdata = main()

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