Non-linear dimensionality reduction on extracellular waveforms reveals cell type diversity in premotor cortex
Abstract
Cortical circuits are thought to contain a large number of cell types that coordinate to produce behavior. Current in vivo methods rely on clustering of specified features of extracellular waveforms to identify putative cell types, but these capture only a small amount of variation. Here, we develop a new method (WaveMAP) that combines non-linear dimensionality reduction with graph clustering to identify putative cell types. We apply WaveMAP to extracellular waveforms recorded from dorsal premotor cortex of macaque monkeys performing a decision-making task. Using WaveMAP, we robustly establish eight waveform clusters and show that these clusters recapitulate previously identified narrow- and broad-spiking types while revealing previously unknown diversity within these subtypes. The eight clusters exhibited distinct laminar distributions, characteristic firing rate patterns, and decision-related dynamics. Such insights were weaker when using featurebased approaches. WaveMAP therefore provides a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of cell types in cortical circuits.
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Data generated or analysed during this study are included in the linked Dryad repository (doi:10.5061/dryad.z612jm6cf). Source data for all figures are also in this zip file.
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R00NS092972)
- Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC017844)
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS095548)
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS098968)
- Krishna V Shenoy
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (N66001-10-C-2010)
- Krishna V Shenoy
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (W911NF-14-2-0013)
- Krishna V Shenoy
Simons Foundation (325380)
- Krishna V Shenoy
Simons Foundation (543045)
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (122969)
- Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
Office of Naval Research (N000141812158)
- Krishna V Shenoy
Larry and Pamela Garlick
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K99NS092972)
- Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University
- Krishna V Shenoy
Hong Seh and Vivian H Lim Endowed Professorship
- Krishna V Shenoy
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute of Mental Health (R00MH101234)
- Maria Medalla
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH116008)
- Maria Medalla
Whitehall Foundation (2019-12-77)
- Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (27923)
- Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
NIH Office of the Director (DP1HD075623)
- Krishna V Shenoy
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC014034)
- Krishna V Shenoy
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Reviewing Editor
- Emilio Salinas, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
Ethics
Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the procedures were approved were approved by the Stanford Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care (APLAC, Protocol Number 8856, entitled "Cortical Processing of Arm Movements"). Surgical procedures were performed under anesthesia, and every effort was made to minimize suffering. Appropriate analgesia, pain relief, and antibiotics were administered to the animals when needed after surgical approval.
Version history
- Preprint posted: February 8, 2021 (view preprint)
- Received: February 12, 2021
- Accepted: August 4, 2021
- Accepted Manuscript published: August 6, 2021 (version 1)
- Accepted Manuscript updated: August 10, 2021 (version 2)
- Accepted Manuscript updated: August 12, 2021 (version 3)
- Version of Record published: September 20, 2021 (version 4)
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© 2021, Lee et al.
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