Dynamic Data-based Modelling of Synaptic Plasticity: mGluR-dependent Long-term Depression

Tim Tambuyzer, Tariq Ahmed, C. James Taylor, Daniel Berckmans, Detlef Balschun, Jean-Marie Aerts

2013

Abstract

Recent advances have started to uncover the underlying mechanisms of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) dependent long-term depression (LTD). However, it is not completely clear how these mechanisms are linked and it is believed that several crucial mechanisms still remain to be revealed. In this study, we investigated whether system identification (SI) methods can be used to gain insight into the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity. SI methods have shown to be an objective and powerful approach for describing how sensory neurons encode information about stimuli. However, to the author’s knowledge it is the first time that SI methods are applied to electrophysiological brain slice recordings of synaptic plasticity responses. The results indicate that the SI approach is a valuable tool for reverse engineering of mGluR-LTD responses. It is suggested that such SI methods can aid to unravel the complexities of synaptic function.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tambuyzer T., Ahmed T., James Taylor C., Berckmans D., Balschun D. and Aerts J. (2013). Dynamic Data-based Modelling of Synaptic Plasticity: mGluR-dependent Long-term Depression . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-36-5, pages 48-53. DOI: 10.5220/0004231100480053

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals13,
author={Tim Tambuyzer and Tariq Ahmed and C. James Taylor and Daniel Berckmans and Detlef Balschun and Jean-Marie Aerts},
title={Dynamic Data-based Modelling of Synaptic Plasticity: mGluR-dependent Long-term Depression },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={48-53},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004231100480053},
isbn={978-989-8565-36-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2013)
TI - Dynamic Data-based Modelling of Synaptic Plasticity: mGluR-dependent Long-term Depression
SN - 978-989-8565-36-5
AU - Tambuyzer T.
AU - Ahmed T.
AU - James Taylor C.
AU - Berckmans D.
AU - Balschun D.
AU - Aerts J.
PY - 2013
SP - 48
EP - 53
DO - 10.5220/0004231100480053