scholarly journals Multiple topological representation self-organized by spike-timing-dependent synaptic learning rule

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Yutaka Sakai ◽  
Koji Wada
eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzanna Brzosko ◽  
Sara Zannone ◽  
Wolfram Schultz ◽  
Claudia Clopath ◽  
Ole Paulsen

Spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) is under neuromodulatory control, which is correlated with distinct behavioral states. Previously, we reported that dopamine, a reward signal, broadens the time window for synaptic potentiation and modulates the outcome of hippocampal STDP even when applied after the plasticity induction protocol (Brzosko et al., 2015). Here, we demonstrate that sequential neuromodulation of STDP by acetylcholine and dopamine offers an efficacious model of reward-based navigation. Specifically, our experimental data in mouse hippocampal slices show that acetylcholine biases STDP toward synaptic depression, whilst subsequent application of dopamine converts this depression into potentiation. Incorporating this bidirectional neuromodulation-enabled correlational synaptic learning rule into a computational model yields effective navigation toward changing reward locations, as in natural foraging behavior. Thus, temporally sequenced neuromodulation of STDP enables associations to be made between actions and outcomes and also provides a possible mechanism for aligning the time scales of cellular and behavioral learning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumedha Gandharava Dahl ◽  
Robert C. Ivans ◽  
Kurtis D. Cantley

AbstractThis study uses advanced modeling and simulation to explore the effects of external events such as radiation interactions on the synaptic devices in an electronic spiking neural network. Specifically, the networks are trained using the spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) learning rule to recognize spatio-temporal patterns (STPs) representing 25 and 100-pixel characters. Memristive synapses based on a TiO2 non-linear drift model designed in Verilog-A are utilized, with STDP learning behavior achieved through bi-phasic pre- and post-synaptic action potentials. The models are modified to include experimentally observed state-altering and ionizing radiation effects on the device. It is found that radiation interactions tend to make the connection between afferents stronger by increasing the conductance of synapses overall, subsequently distorting the STDP learning curve. In the absence of consistent STPs, these effects accumulate over time and make the synaptic weight evolutions unstable. With STPs at lower flux intensities, the network can recover and relearn with constant training. However, higher flux can overwhelm the leaky integrate-and-fire post-synaptic neuron circuits and reduce stability of the network.


2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2221-2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh P. N. Rao ◽  
Terrence J. Sejnowski

A spike-timing-dependent Hebbian mechanism governs the plasticity of recurrent excitatory synapses in the neocortex: synapses that are activated a few milliseconds before a postsynaptic spike are potentiated, while those that are activated a few milliseconds after are depressed. We show that such a mechanism can implement a form of temporal difference learning for prediction of input sequences. Using a biophysical model of a cortical neuron, we show that a temporal difference rule used in conjunction with dendritic backpropagating action potentials reproduces the temporally asymmetric window of Hebbian plasticity observed physiologically. Furthermore, the size and shape of the window vary with the distance of the synapse from the soma. Using a simple example, we show how a spike-timing-based temporal difference learning rule can allow a network of neocortical neurons to predict an input a few milliseconds before the input's expected arrival.


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 1316-1323
Author(s):  
Zuozhu Liu ◽  
Thiparat Chotibut ◽  
Christopher Hillar ◽  
Shaowei Lin

Motivated by the celebrated discrete-time model of nervous activity outlined by McCulloch and Pitts in 1943, we propose a novel continuous-time model, the McCulloch-Pitts network (MPN), for sequence learning in spiking neural networks. Our model has a local learning rule, such that the synaptic weight updates depend only on the information directly accessible by the synapse. By exploiting asymmetry in the connections between binary neurons, we show that MPN can be trained to robustly memorize multiple spatiotemporal patterns of binary vectors, generalizing the ability of the symmetric Hopfield network to memorize static spatial patterns. In addition, we demonstrate that the model can efficiently learn sequences of binary pictures as well as generative models for experimental neural spike-train data. Our learning rule is consistent with spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), thus providing a theoretical ground for the systematic design of biologically inspired networks with large and robust long-range sequence storage capacity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 181098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Zhao ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
Xiantao Shang ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
...  

Non-volatile memristors are promising for future hardware-based neurocomputation application because they are capable of emulating biological synaptic functions. Various material strategies have been studied to pursue better device performance, such as lower energy cost, better biological plausibility, etc. In this work, we show a novel design for non-volatile memristor based on CoO/Nb:SrTiO 3 heterojunction. We found the memristor intrinsically exhibited resistivity switching behaviours, which can be ascribed to the migration of oxygen vacancies and charge trapping and detrapping at the heterojunction interface. The carrier trapping/detrapping level can be finely adjusted by regulating voltage amplitudes. Gradual conductance modulation can therefore be realized by using proper voltage pulse stimulations. And the spike-timing-dependent plasticity, an important Hebbian learning rule, has been implemented in the device. Our results indicate the possibility of achieving artificial synapses with CoO/Nb:SrTiO 3 heterojunction. Compared with filamentary type of the synaptic device, our device has the potential to reduce energy consumption, realize large-scale neuromorphic system and work more reliably, since no structural distortion occurs.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Pedró ◽  
Javier Martín-Martínez ◽  
Marcos Maestro-Izquierdo ◽  
Rosana Rodríguez ◽  
Montserrat Nafría

A fully-unsupervised learning algorithm for reaching self-organization in neuromorphic architectures is provided in this work. We experimentally demonstrate spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) in Oxide-based Resistive Random Access Memory (OxRAM) devices, and propose a set of waveforms in order to induce symmetric conductivity changes. An empirical model is used to describe the observed plasticity. A neuromorphic system based on the tested devices is simulated, where the developed learning algorithm is tested, involving STDP as the local learning rule. The design of the system and learning scheme permits to concatenate multiple neuromorphic layers, where autonomous hierarchical computing can be performed.


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