Hippocampome.org 2.0 is a knowledge base enabling data-driven spiking neural network simulations of rodent hippocampal circuits

  1. Diek W Wheeler  Is a corresponding author
  2. Jeffrey D Kopsick
  3. Nate Sutton
  4. Carolina Tecuatl
  5. Alexander O Komendantov
  6. Kasturi Nadella
  7. Giorgio A Ascoli  Is a corresponding author
  1. Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, & Plasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, United States
  2. Bioengineering Department and Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, & Plasticity, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University, United States
  3. Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, College of Science, George Mason University, United States
9 figures, 3 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Defining neuron types in Hippocampome.org.

(A) Properties of a Hippocampome.org v1.0 neuron type. (A1) Morphology of a Dentate Gyrus (i) 2232 Basket cell (NeuroMorpho.Org cell NMO_34300: Figure S3A in Hosp et al., 2014) with axons (red) in st…

New neuron types added to Hippocampome.org v2.0.

(A) Morphology encodings of the 56 new neuron types that extend the 124 types in Hippocampome.org v1.12. (Left) Increase in number of neuron types for each subregion. For the neuron type names, …

Extensions to the neuronal properties of Hippocampome.org v1.x.

(A) Additions to the axonal projections (circled in green) for two v1.0 neuron types, based on information derived from Figure 2b in Deller et al., 1996. (B1) Biomarker expressions for the two CA1 …

Trends in Hippocampome.org data, knowledge, citations, and usage since v1.0.

(A) Increase in pieces of knowledge (blue) and evidence (red) with Hippocampome.org version number. (B) Number of citations, in which the publication is simply referenced (blue and gray portions), …

Transitional knowledge enabling Hippocampome.org to support spiking neural network simulations.

Center: General diagram of the hippocampal formation and the number of cell types in Hippocampome.org v1.0. (A) Neuron type census. Top: General pipeline for obtaining cell counts for specific …

Hippocampome.org data provenance.

(A) The internal web of constituent neuron-type properties (black thin arrows) that ultimately contribute to the instantiation of spiking neural simulations (orange thick arrows). Properties …

CARLsim simulation parameters selection and file generation interface.

(A) The user chooses which subset of the available neuron types to include in the generated downloadable parameter file. Neuron types can be selected (check boxes and gray highlights) either …

Hierarchy of neuronal connectivity in Hippocampome.org.

(A) Subregional connectivity, where the number of connections between subregions is shown, and the node size is proportional to the number of neuron types in each subregion. (B) The reciprocal …

Spiking neural network simulations.

(A) Full-scale CA3 model. (A1) Neuron type connectivity schematic. (A2) Theta (4–12 Hz; top), Gamma (25–100 Hz; middle), and Sharp-Wave Ripple (150–200 Hz; bottom) filtered local field potentials …

Tables

Table 1
Added knowledge and functioning in Hippocampome.org releases v1.1–12.
VersionContributionArticle
 v1.1
  • definitions for terms and phrases relevant to Hippocampome.org

Hamilton et al., 2017a
 v1.2
  • clickable connectivity matrix

  • interactive connectivity navigator Java applet

  • searching by connectivity

Rees et al., 2016
 v1.3
  • downloadable list of ABA predictions of marker expressions

  • utility for viewing the effects of thresholds on ABA marker expression predictions

Hamilton et al., 2017b
 v1.4
  • access to the synapse knowledge base

Moradi and Ascoli, 2020
 v1.5
  • relational biomarker expression inferences

White et al., 2020
 v1.6
  • firing pattern phenotypes

  • clickable firing pattern matrix

  • clickable firing pattern parameters matrix

  • search by firing pattern

  • search by firing pattern parameter

Komendantov et al., 2019
 v1.7
  • Izhikevich models

  • clickable Izhikevich model parameters matrix

  • downloadable single-neuron parameter files

  • downloadable single-neuron CARLSim4 simulation files

  • ability to perform single-neuron simulations of the firing patterns

Venkadesh et al., 2019
 v1.8
  • clickable/downloadable neurite lengths matrix

  • clickable/downloadable somatic path distances matrix

  • clickable/downloadable numbers of potential synapses matrix

  • clickable/downloadable numbers of contacts matrix

  • clickable/downloadable connection probabilities matrix

Tecuatl et al., 2021b
 v1.9
  • clickable matrix for in vivo recordings

Sanchez-Aguilera et al., 2021
 v1.10
  • Cognome knowledge base of spiking neural circuit functions and network simulations of the hippocampal formation

Sutton and Ascoli, 2021
 v1.11
  • clickable matrix of neuron type census values for rat and mouse

Attili et al., 2022
 v1.12
  • clickable/downloadable matrices of synaptic physiology parameter values (g, τd, τr, τf, U) for combinations of species, sex, age, temperature, and recording mode

Moradi et al., 2022
Table 2
Probabilities of connection and number of contacts per connected pair from DG Granule cell to mossy fiber targets in CA3.
Postsynaptic neuron typeProbability# contacts
CA3 Pyramidal1.11E-041.08
CA3c Pyramidal3.91E-041.31
CA3 Spiny Lucidum Dentate-Projecting5.89E-041.69
CA3 Mossy Fiber-Associated ORDEN4.44E-041.27
CA3 Basket6.55E-041.50
CA3 Basket CCK+2.14E-041.16
CA3 Ivy3.35E-041.29
CA3 Mossy Fiber-Associated3.78E-051.04
CA3 LMR-Targeting1.31E-041.21
CA3 Lucidum ORAX2.62E-041.19
CA3 Lucidum-Radiatum3.25E-041.13
CA3 Axo-Axonic7.56E-041.50
CA3 Bistratified8.25E-041.45
CA3 QuadD-LM2.91E-041.25
Table 3
Examples of independent studies utilizing unique neuronal properties from Hippocampome.org v1.0.
ArticleUsage
Gulyás et al., 2016Lists of subthreshold physiological properties for multicompartmental modeling
Skene and Grant, 2016Catalog of CA1 Interneuron types
Faghihi and Moustafa, 2017Diversity of hippocampal neuron types and morphological neuronal features
Puighermanal et al., 2017Biomarker expression in CA1 interneurons
Depannemaecker et al., 2020Parameter values for a model of synaptic neurotransmission
Ecker et al., 2020Evidence that CA1 interneurons express multiple overlapping chemical markers
Hunsberger and Mynlieff, 2020Cell identification based on firing properties
Schumm et al., 2020Directionality of connections in the hippocampus
Aery Jones et al., 2021Local connectivity of CA1 PV + interneurons
Ciarpella et al., 2021Lists of hippocampal genes
Luo et al., 2021Confirmation of multiple hippocampal neuron types
Mehta et al., 2021Connectome model inspired by entorhinal-CA1 circuit
Obafemi et al., 2021Principal channels of information processing are DG Granule cells and CA1-3 Pyramidal cells
Sáray et al., 2021Membrane biophysics values for CA1 Pyramidal cells
Smith et al., 2021Omni-directionality of axons of CA1 Pyramidal cells
Venkadesh and Van Horn, 2021Example of a brain region’s mesoscopic structural connectivity
Walker et al., 2021Reference to morphological and molecular characteristics of hippocampal principal cells and interneurons
Wynne et al., 2021Example brain region with a variety of cell types
Kopsick et al., 2023Utilize accumulated knowledge as the basis for simulations
Schumm et al., 2022Hippocampal morphology, biomarker expression, connectivity, and typing of neurons
Zagrean et al., 2022Diversity of hippocampal neuronal types and their properties

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