Uncovering circuit mechanisms of current sinks and sources with biophysical simulations of primary visual cortex

  1. Atle E Rimehaug  Is a corresponding author
  2. Alexander J Stasik
  3. Espen Hagen
  4. Yazan N Billeh
  5. Josh H Siegle
  6. Kael Dai
  7. Shawn R Olsen
  8. Christof Koch
  9. Gaute T Einevoll
  10. Anton Arkhipov
  1. University of Oslo, Norway
  2. Allen Institute for Brain Science, United States
  3. Allen Institute, United States
  4. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Abstract

​​Local field potential (LFP) recordings reflect the dynamics of the current source density (CSD) in brain tissue. The synaptic, cellular and circuit contributions to current sinks and sources are ill-understood. We investigated these in mouse primary visual cortex using public Neuropixels recordings and a detailed circuit model based on simulating the Hodgkin-Huxley dynamics of >50,000 neurons belonging to 17 cell types. The model simultaneously captured spiking and CSD responses and demonstrated a two-way dissociation: Firing rates are altered with minor effects on the CSD pattern by adjusting synaptic weights, and CSD is altered with minor effects on firing rates by adjusting synaptic placement on the dendrites. We describe how thalamocortical inputs and recurrent connections sculpt specific sinks and sources early in the visual response, whereas cortical feedback crucially alters them in later stages. These results establish quantitative links between macroscopic brain measurements (LFP/CSD) and microscopic biophysics-based understanding of neuron dynamics and show that CSD analysis provides powerful constraints for modeling beyond those from considering spikes.

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The files necessary to run simulations of the different model versions presented in the paper as well as data resulting from simulations of those model versions are publicly available in Dryad: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k3j9kd5b8The experimental data set utilized is publicly available at: https://portal.brain-map.org/explore/circuits/visual-coding-neuropixelsThe code generated for data analysis and producing the figures in this manuscript is publicly available at: https://github.com/atleer/CINPLA_Allen_V1_analysis.git.

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  1. Atle E Rimehaug

    Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  2. Alexander J Stasik

    Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  3. Espen Hagen

    Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  4. Yazan N Billeh

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, United States
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  5. Josh H Siegle

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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  6. Kael Dai

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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  7. Shawn R Olsen

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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  8. Christof Koch

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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  9. Gaute T Einevoll

    Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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  10. Anton Arkhipov

    MindScope Program, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, United States
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Funding

Simula School of Research

  • Atle E Rimehaug

European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (785907)

  • Espen Hagen

European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (945539)

  • Espen Hagen

Research Council of Norway (COBRA - project number 250128)

  • Alexander J Stasik

IKTPLUSS-IKT and Digital Innovation (300504)

  • Alexander J Stasik

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS122742)

  • Yazan N Billeh
  • Josh H Siegle
  • Kael Dai
  • Shawn R Olsen
  • Christof Koch
  • Anton Arkhipov

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB029813)

  • Yazan N Billeh
  • Josh H Siegle
  • Kael Dai
  • Shawn R Olsen
  • Christof Koch
  • Anton Arkhipov

Allen Institute

  • Yazan N Billeh
  • Josh H Siegle
  • Kael Dai
  • Shawn R Olsen
  • Christof Koch
  • Anton Arkhipov

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2023, Rimehaug et al.

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  1. Atle E Rimehaug
  2. Alexander J Stasik
  3. Espen Hagen
  4. Yazan N Billeh
  5. Josh H Siegle
  6. Kael Dai
  7. Shawn R Olsen
  8. Christof Koch
  9. Gaute T Einevoll
  10. Anton Arkhipov
(2023)
Uncovering circuit mechanisms of current sinks and sources with biophysical simulations of primary visual cortex
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