Chaos may enhance information transmission in the inferior olive

AUTOR(ES)

Schweighofer, Nicolas

FONTE

National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Despite unique well characterized neuronal properties, such as extensive electrical coupling and low firing rates, the role of the inferior olive (IO), which is the source of the climbing fiber inputs to cerebellar Purkinje cells, is still controversial. We propose that the IO stochastically recodes the high-frequency information carried by its synaptic inputs into stochastic, low-rate spikes in its climbing fiber output. Computer simulations of realistic IO networks showed that moderate electrical coupling produced chaotic firing, which maximized the input-output mutual information. This “chaotic resonance” may allow rich error signals to reach individual Purkinje cells, even at low firing rates, allowing efficient cerebellar learning.

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