Neural Computation with Dendritic Plateau Potentials - 18 October, 2021
Channel: Numenta
Date: 2021-10-29

Guest speakers Johannes Leugering and Pascal Nieters talk about their work on neural computation with dendritic plateau potentials. Johannes first frames the problem of sequence processing and makes the case that a neural model based on active dendrites and dendritic plateau potentials would help solve the problem. Pascal then explains their recent work on the computations in a neural model with segmented dendrites and one with stochastic synapses. He concludes the presentation by discussing the implications of this model. The team asks questions and discusses. 

Preprint v4: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/690792v4.abstract
Paper at NICE workshop: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3381755.3381763
Presentation at NICE workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLaq1m0xVuQ
Presentation at the Computational Cognition Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVyY776m1PM

Other papers mentioned: 
“Functional clustering of dendritic activity during decision-making”: https://elifesciences.org/articles/46966
"Embedded ensemble encoding hypothesis: The role of the “Prepared” cell": https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jnr.24240
"Local glutamate-mediated dendritic plateau potentials change the state of the cortical pyramidal neuron": https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jn.00734.2019
"Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity and input feature storage in neurons": https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06725
"Functional clustering of dendritic activity during decision-making": https://elifesciences.org/articles/46966
"Data-driven reduction of dendritic morphologies with preserved dendro-somatic responses": https://elifesciences.org/articles/60936

0:00 Johannes Leugering 
30:30 Pascal Neiters
55:25 Q&A
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