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Neurobiological Modeling and Analysis

BCM-Type Synaptic Plasticity Model Using a Linear Summation of Calcium Elevations as a Sliding Threshold

Hiroki KurashigeContact Information and Yutaka SakaiContact Information

(1)  Graduate school of Engineering, Tamagawa University, Tamagawa-gakuen 6-1-1, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194–8610, Japan
(2)  Faculty of Engineering, Tamagawa University, Tamagawa-gakuen 6-1-1, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194–8610, Japan
Abstract
It has been considered that an amount of calcium elevation in a synaptic spine determines whether the synapse is potentiated or depressed. However, it has been pointed out that simple application of the principle can not reproduce properties of spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP). To solve the problem, we present a possible mechanism using dynamically sliding threshold as the linear summation of calcium elevations induced by single pre-synaptic and post-synaptic spikes. We demonstrate that the model can reproduce the timing dependence of biological STDP. In addition, we find that the model can reproduce the dependence of biological STDP on the initial synaptic strength, which is found to be asymmetric for synaptic potentiation and depression, whereas no explicit initial-strength dependence nor asymmetric mechanism are incorporated into the model.

Contact Information Hiroki Kurashige
Email: kura@spike.eng.tamagawa.ac.jp

Contact Information Yutaka Sakai
Email: sakai@eng.tamagawa.ac.jp
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