Computation of frequency-to-spatial transform by olfactory bulb glomeruli
✍ Scribed by P. S. Antón; G. Lynch; R. Granger
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 838 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-1200
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✦ Synopsis
A physiological simulation of 2.5% of the input and inhibitory neurons and 25% of the primary mitral/tufted cells in a single mammalian olfactory bulb glomerulus was constructed. This physiological simulation used the integrate-and-fire paradigm with realistic activation curves and synaptic delays. The dendritic integration incorporated non-linear interactive effects of individual cell excitatory and inhibitory post-synaptic potentials (PSPs) from both axodendritic and dendro-dendritic synaptic contacts. Refractory periods for granule-cell inhibition of mitral/tufted cell activity lead to relatively fixed-frequency rhythmic activity in the glomerulus, independent of the input frequency from the olfactory nerve. Though the frequency of mitral/tufted cell firing in bulb was approximately independent of input frequency, the number of cells active in the glomerulus was a roughly-linear function of input frequency to the glomerulus, indicating the mechanism's ability to function as a frequency-to-spatial encoder.