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Bardini R, Di Carlo S. Computational methods for biofabrication in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - a literature review. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2024; 23:601-616. [PMID: 38283852 PMCID: PMC10818159 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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This literature review rigorously examines the growing scientific interest in computational methods for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine biofabrication, a leading-edge area in biomedical innovation, emphasizing the need for accurate, multi-stage, and multi-component biofabrication process models. The paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric and contextual analysis, followed by a literature review, to shed light on the vast potential of computational methods in this domain. It reveals that most existing methods focus on single biofabrication process stages and components, and there is a significant gap in approaches that utilize accurate models encompassing both biological and technological aspects. This analysis underscores the indispensable role of these methods in understanding and effectively manipulating complex biological systems and the necessity for developing computational methods that span multiple stages and components. The review concludes that such comprehensive computational methods are essential for developing innovative and efficient Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine biofabrication solutions, driving forward advancements in this dynamic and evolving field.
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- Roberta Bardini
- Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, Turin, 10129, Italy
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- Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24, Turin, 10129, Italy
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Fuochi S, Rigamonti M, O'Connor EC, De Girolamo P, D'Angelo L. Big data and its impact on the 3Rs: a home cage monitoring oriented review. Front Big Data 2024; 7:1390467. [PMID: 38831953 PMCID: PMC11144903 DOI: 10.3389/fdata.2024.1390467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Undisturbed home cage recording of mouse activity and behavior has received increasing attention in recent years. In parallel, several technologies have been developed in a bid to automate data collection and interpretation. Thanks to these expanding technologies, massive datasets can be recorded and saved in the long term, providing a wealth of information concerning animal wellbeing, clinical status, baseline activity, and subsequent deviations in case of experimental interventions. Such large datasets can also serve as a long-term reservoir of scientific data that can be reanalyzed and repurposed upon need. In this review, we present how the impact of Big Data deriving from home cage monitoring (HCM) data acquisition, particularly through Digital Ventilated Cages (DVCs), can support the application of the 3Rs by enhancing Refinement, Reduction, and even Replacement of research in animals.
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- Sara Fuochi
- Experimental Animal Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience and Rare Diseases, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Linne ML. Computational modeling of neuron-glia signaling interactions to unravel cellular and neural circuit functioning. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2024; 85:102838. [PMID: 38310660 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Glial cells have been shown to be vital for various brain functions, including homeostasis, information processing, and cognition. Over the past 30 years, various signaling interactions between neuronal and glial cells have been shown to underlie these functions. This review summarizes the interactions, particularly between neurons and astrocytes, which are types of glial cells. Some of the interactions remain controversial in part due to the nature of experimental methods and preparations used. Based on the accumulated data, computational models of the neuron-astrocyte interactions have been developed to explain the complex functions of astrocytes in neural circuits and to test conflicting hypotheses. This review presents the most significant recent models, modeling methods and simulation tools for neuron-astrocyte interactions. In the future, we will especially need more experimental research on awake animals in vivo and new computational models of neuron-glia interactions to advance our understanding of cellular dynamics and the functioning of neural circuits in different brain regions.
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- Marja-Leena Linne
- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
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Münchau A, Klein C, Beste C. Rethinking Movement Disorders. Mov Disord 2024; 39:472-484. [PMID: 38196315 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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At present, clinical practice and research in movement disorders (MDs) focus on the "normalization" of altered movements. In this review, rather than concentrating on problems and burdens people with MDs undoubtedly have, we highlight their hidden potentials. Starting with current definitions of Parkinson's disease (PD), dystonia, chorea, and tics, we outline that solely conceiving these phenomena as signs of dysfunction falls short of their complex nature comprising both problems and potentials. Such potentials can be traced and understood in light of well-established cognitive neuroscience frameworks, particularly ideomotor principles, and their influential modern derivatives. Using these frameworks, the wealth of data on altered perception-action integration in the different MDs can be explained and systematized using the mechanism-oriented concept of perception-action binding. According to this concept, MDs can be understood as phenomena requiring and fostering flexible modifications of perception-action associations. Consequently, although conceived as being caught in a (trough) state of deficits, given their high flexibility, people with MDs also have high potential to switch to (adaptive) peak activity that can be conceptualized as hidden potentials. Currently, clinical practice and research in MDs are concerned with deficits and thus the "deep and wide troughs," whereas "scattered narrow peaks" reflecting hidden potentials are neglected. To better delineate and utilize the latter to alleviate the burden of affected people, and destigmatize their conditions, we suggest some measures, including computational modeling combined with neurophysiological methods and tailored treatment. © 2024 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Alexander Münchau
- Institute of Systems Motor Science, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Skinner F. Building a mathematical model of the brain. eLife 2024; 13:e96231. [PMID: 38416130 PMCID: PMC10901502 DOI: 10.7554/elife.96231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Automatic leveraging of information in a hippocampal neuron database to generate mathematical models should help foster interactions between experimental and computational neuroscientists.
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- Frances Skinner
- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network and Department of Physiology, University of TorontoTorontoCanada
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Viswan NA, Bhalla US. Understanding molecular signaling cascades in neural disease using multi-resolution models. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2023; 83:102808. [PMID: 37972535 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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If the genome defines the program for the operations of a cell, signaling networks execute it. These cascades of chemical, cell-biological, structural, and trafficking events span milliseconds (e.g., synaptic release) to potentially a lifetime (e.g., stabilization of dendritic spines). In principle almost every aspect of neuronal function, particularly at the synapse, depends on signaling. Thus dysfunction of these cascades, whether through mutations, local dysregulation, or infection, leads to disease. The sheer complexity of these pathways is matched by the range of diseases and the diversity of their phenotypes. In this review, we discuss how to build computational models, how these models are essential to tackle this complexity, and the benefits of using families of models at different levels of detail to understand signaling in health and disease.
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- Nisha Ann Viswan
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, 560065, India; The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology, Bangalore, India. https://twitter.com/nishanna
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, 560065, India.
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Inibhunu H, Moradi Chameh H, Skinner F, Rich S, Valiante TA. Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channels Shape the Spiking Frequency Preference of Human Cortical Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons. eNeuro 2023; 10:ENEURO.0215-23.2023. [PMID: 37567768 PMCID: PMC10467019 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0215-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Discerning the contribution of specific ionic currents to complex neuronal dynamics is a difficult, but important, task. This challenge is exacerbated in the human setting, although the widely characterized uniqueness of the human brain compared with preclinical models necessitates the direct study of human neurons. Neuronal spiking frequency preference is of particular interest given its role in rhythm generation and signal transmission in cortical circuits. Here, we combine the frequency-dependent gain (FDG), a measure of spiking frequency preference, and novel in silico analyses to dissect the contributions of individual ionic currents to the suprathreshold features of human layer 5 (L5) neurons captured by the FDG. We confirm that a contemporary model of such a neuron, primarily constrained to capture subthreshold activity driven by the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated (h-) current, replicates key features of the in vitro FDG both with and without h-current activity. With the model confirmed as a viable approximation of the biophysical features of interest, we applied new analysis techniques to quantify the activity of each modeled ionic current in the moments before spiking, revealing unique dynamics of the h-current. These findings motivated patch-clamp recordings in analogous rodent neurons to characterize their FDG, which confirmed that a biophysically detailed model of these neurons captures key interspecies differences in the FDG. These differences are correlated with distinct contributions of the h-current to neuronal activity. Together, this interdisciplinary and multispecies study provides new insights directly relating the dynamics of the h-current to suprathreshold spiking frequency preference in human L5 neurons.
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- Happy Inibhunu
- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1M8, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1M8, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1M8, Canada
- Departments of Medicine, Neurology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H2, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1M8, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1M8, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P5, Canada
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Joiret M, Leclercq M, Lambrechts G, Rapino F, Close P, Louppe G, Geris L. Cracking the genetic code with neural networks. Front Artif Intell 2023; 6:1128153. [PMID: 37091301 PMCID: PMC10117997 DOI: 10.3389/frai.2023.1128153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
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The genetic code is textbook scientific knowledge that was soundly established without resorting to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal of our study was to check whether a neural network could re-discover, on its own, the mapping links between codons and amino acids and build the complete deciphering dictionary upon presentation of transcripts proteins data training pairs. We compared different Deep Learning neural network architectures and estimated quantitatively the size of the required human transcriptomic training set to achieve the best possible accuracy in the codon-to-amino-acid mapping. We also investigated the effect of a codon embedding layer assessing the semantic similarity between codons on the rate of increase of the training accuracy. We further investigated the benefit of quantifying and using the unbalanced representations of amino acids within real human proteins for a faster deciphering of rare amino acids codons. Deep neural networks require huge amount of data to train them. Deciphering the genetic code by a neural network is no exception. A test accuracy of 100% and the unequivocal deciphering of rare codons such as the tryptophan codon or the stop codons require a training dataset of the order of 4–22 millions cumulated pairs of codons with their associated amino acids presented to the neural network over around 7–40 training epochs, depending on the architecture and settings. We confirm that the wide generic capacities and modularity of deep neural networks allow them to be customized easily to learn the deciphering task of the genetic code efficiently.
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- Marc Joiret
- Biomechanics Research Unit, GIGA in Silico Medicine, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Marc Joiret
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- Cancer Signaling, GIGA Stem Cells, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, Montefiore Institute, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Cancer Signaling, GIGA Stem Cells, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Cancer Signaling, GIGA Stem Cells, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, Montefiore Institute, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Biomechanics Research Unit, GIGA in Silico Medicine, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
- Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Manninen T, Aćimović J, Linne ML. Analysis of Network Models with Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions. Neuroinformatics 2023; 21:375-406. [PMID: 36959372 PMCID: PMC10085960 DOI: 10.1007/s12021-023-09622-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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Neural networks, composed of many neurons and governed by complex interactions between them, are a widely accepted formalism for modeling and exploring global dynamics and emergent properties in brain systems. In the past decades, experimental evidence of computationally relevant neuron-astrocyte interactions, as well as the astrocytic modulation of global neural dynamics, have accumulated. These findings motivated advances in computational glioscience and inspired several models integrating mechanisms of neuron-astrocyte interactions into the standard neural network formalism. These models were developed to study, for example, synchronization, information transfer, synaptic plasticity, and hyperexcitability, as well as classification tasks and hardware implementations. We here focus on network models of at least two neurons interacting bidirectionally with at least two astrocytes that include explicitly modeled astrocytic calcium dynamics. In this study, we analyze the evolution of these models and the biophysical, biochemical, cellular, and network mechanisms used to construct them. Based on our analysis, we propose how to systematically describe and categorize interaction schemes between cells in neuron-astrocyte networks. We additionally study the models in view of the existing experimental data and present future perspectives. Our analysis is an important first step towards understanding astrocytic contribution to brain functions. However, more advances are needed to collect comprehensive data about astrocyte morphology and physiology in vivo and to better integrate them in data-driven computational models. Broadening the discussion about theoretical approaches and expanding the computational tools is necessary to better understand astrocytes' roles in brain functions.
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- Tiina Manninen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, FI-33720, Tampere, Finland.
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Bayesian estimation reveals that reproducible models in Systems Biology get more citations. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2695. [PMID: 36792648 PMCID: PMC9931699 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29340-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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The Systems Biology community has taken numerous actions to develop data and modeling standards towards FAIR data and model handling. Nevertheless, the debate about incentives and rewards for individual researchers to make their results reproducible is ongoing. Here, we pose the specific question of whether reproducible models have a higher impact in terms of citations. Therefore, we statistically analyze 328 published models recently classified by Tiwari et al. based on their reproducibility. For hypothesis testing, we use a flexible Bayesian approach that provides complete distributional information for all quantities of interest and can handle outliers. The results show that in the period from 2013, i.e., 10 years after the introduction of SBML, to 2020, the group of reproducible models is significantly more cited than the non-reproducible group. We show that differences in journal impact factors do not explain this effect and that this effect increases with additional standardization of data and error model integration via PEtab. Overall, our statistical analysis demonstrates the long-term merits of reproducible modeling for the individual researcher in terms of citations. Moreover, it provides evidence for the increased use of reproducible models in the scientific community.
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Sun Z, Crompton D, Lankarany M, Skinner FK. Reduced oriens-lacunosum/moleculare cell model identifies biophysical current balances for in vivo theta frequency spiking resonance. Front Neural Circuits 2023; 17:1076761. [PMID: 36817648 PMCID: PMC9936813 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1076761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Conductance-based models have played an important role in the development of modern neuroscience. These mathematical models are powerful "tools" that enable theoretical explorations in experimentally untenable situations, and can lead to the development of novel hypotheses and predictions. With advances in cell imaging and computational power, multi-compartment models with morphological accuracy are becoming common practice. However, as more biological details are added, they make extensive explorations and analyses more challenging largely due to their huge computational expense. Here, we focus on oriens-lacunosum/moleculare (OLM) cell models. OLM cells can contribute to functionally relevant theta rhythms in the hippocampus by virtue of their ability to express spiking resonance at theta frequencies, but what characteristics underlie this is far from clear. We converted a previously developed detailed multi-compartment OLM cell model into a reduced single compartment model that retained biophysical fidelity with its underlying ion currents. We showed that the reduced OLM cell model can capture complex output that includes spiking resonance in in vivo-like scenarios as previously obtained with the multi-compartment model. Using the reduced model, we were able to greatly expand our in vivo-like scenarios. Applying spike-triggered average analyses, we were able to to determine that it is a combination of hyperpolarization-activated cation and muscarinic type potassium currents that specifically allow OLM cells to exhibit spiking resonance at theta frequencies. Further, we developed a robust Kalman Filtering (KF) method to estimate parameters of the reduced model in real-time. We showed that it may be possible to directly estimate conductance parameters from experiments since this KF method can reliably extract parameter values from model voltage recordings. Overall, our work showcases how the contribution of cellular biophysical current details could be determined and assessed for spiking resonance. As well, our work shows that it may be possible to directly extract these parameters from current clamp voltage recordings.
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- Zhenyang Sun
- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada,Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada,Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada,Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada,KITE, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada,Departments of Medicine (Neurology) and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada,*Correspondence: Frances K. Skinner ✉
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