A spiking neural network model of the midbrain superior colliculus that generates saccadic motor commands.

Abstract:

:Single-unit recordings suggest that the midbrain superior colliculus (SC) acts as an optimal controller for saccadic gaze shifts. The SC is proposed to be the site within the visuomotor system where the nonlinear spatial-to-temporal transformation is carried out: the population encodes the intended saccade vector by its location in the motor map (spatial), and its trajectory and velocity by the distribution of firing rates (temporal). The neurons' burst profiles vary systematically with their anatomical positions and intended saccade vectors, to account for the nonlinear main-sequence kinematics of saccades. Yet, the underlying collicular mechanisms that could result in these firing patterns are inaccessible to current neurobiological techniques. Here, we propose a simple spiking neural network model that reproduces the spike trains of saccade-related cells in the intermediate and deep SC layers during saccades. The model assumes that SC neurons have distinct biophysical properties for spike generation that depend on their anatomical position in combination with a center-surround lateral connectivity. Both factors are needed to account for the observed firing patterns. Our model offers a basis for neuronal algorithms for spatiotemporal transformations and bio-inspired optimal controllers.

journal_name

Biol Cybern

journal_title

Biological cybernetics

authors

Kasap B,van Opstal AJ

doi

10.1007/s00422-017-0719-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-08-01 00:00:00

pages

249-268

issue

3-4

eissn

0340-1200

issn

1432-0770

pii

10.1007/s00422-017-0719-9

journal_volume

111

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