Paradoxical response reversal of top-down modulation in cortical circuits with three interneuron types

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Figures

Response to top-down modulation depends on baseline activity.

(a) Microcircuit connectivity and top-down modulatory input. (b) f-I curve. When input is low changes in input have almost no effect on the output rate, instead, when input is high changes in input …

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Response matrix and disinhibition vs.

response reversal regime. (a–b) Tuning curves for the different populations and baseline activity in both scenarios (low and high). In the low baseline activity scenario (a) all populations are …

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Random network model.

(a) Schematic of the model. Each population is composed of several rate units and the connectivity between units is random with probabilities extracted from experimental data in the literature. (b) …

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Figure 4 with 3 supplements
Model of mouse V1 behavior.

(a) Schematic of the microcircuit. Visual input targets E and SST cells. Behavior related top-down modulation targets VIP cells. (b) Response of E and SST populations when a weak visual stimulus (6 …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Model of mouse V1 behavior with different grating sizes.

(a) Relative change in calcium fluorescence for gratings of diameters ranging from 10 deg to 60 deg for the two behavioral states: immobility (empty dots) and locomotion (filled dots) extracted from …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Robustness of the behavior.

Top: Example of three connectivity matrices that have the same qualitative behavior (in pAs). Bottom: rate modulation (rate during locomotion minus rate for immobility). Each bar corresponds to the …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 3
Alternative architectures.

Two alternative microcircuits with visual input targeting E, SST and PV populations and PV to VIP (a) and PV to SST (b) connections exhibit the same qualitative behavior as the circuit in Figure 1 …

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Tables

Table 1
Connectivity matrix (in pAs).
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From
EPVSSTVIP
toE2.42−0.33−0.800
PV2.97−3.45−2.130
SST4.6400−2.79
VIP0.710−0.160
Table 2
Population-dependent parameters.
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EPVSSTVIP
gl6.25 nS10 nSfive nSfive nS
τ28 ms8 ms16 ms16 ms
Table 3
Entries of the respone matrix.
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MEE=C(wPP+dP)(dSdV-wSVwVS)
MPE=C(wPE(dSdV-wSVwVS)-wPS(wSEdV-wSVwVE))
MSE=C(wPP+dP)(wSEdV-wSVwVE)
MVE=C(wPP+dP)(wVEdS-wSEwVS)
MEP=-CwEP(dSdV-wSVwVS)
MPP=-C((wEE-dE)(dSdV-wSVwVS)+wES(wSEdV-wSVwVE))
MSP=-CwEP(wSEdV-wSVwVE)
MVP=-CwEP(wVEdS-wSEwVS)
MES=-CdV(wES(wPP+dP)-wEPwPS)
MPS=-CdV(wESwPE-(wEE-dE)wPS)
MSS=-CdV((wEE-dE)(wPP+dP)-wEPwPE)
MVS=-C(wVE(wES(wPP+dP)-wEPwPS)+wVS((wEE-dE)(wPP+dP)-wEPwPE))
MEV=CwSV(wES(wPP+dP)-wEPwPS)
MPV=CwSV(wESwPE-(wEE-dE)wPS)
MSV=CwSV((wEE-dE)(wPP+dP)-wEPwPE)
MVV=C(wES(wES(wPP+dP)-wEPwPS)-dS((wEE-dE)(wPP+dP)-wEPwPE))
Table 4
Connection probabilities for the random network model.
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From
EPVSSTVIP
toE0.02110
PV0.0110.850
SST0.0100−0.55
VIP0.0100.50
Table 5
Connectivity matrix for the mouse V1 model (in pAs).
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From
EPVSSTVIP
toE3.30−3.48−2.980
PV1.73−4.25−1.070
SST3.5000−4.51
VIP0.530−0.130

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