用生成式扩散模型解析神经活动与行为的对应关系,实现可解释的动态分离。
Exploring Behavior-Relevant and Disentangled Neural Dynamics with Generative Diffusion Models
- 基于行为引导的潜在变量建模,提取细粒度解耦的神经子空间。
- 通过扩散模型合成行为视频,验证每个潜因子对应特定行为动态。
- 适用于研究多脑区行为编码,尤其适合高维神经数据的可解释分析。
理解神经活动与行为的关系是神经科学的核心目标。现有大规模神经-行为数据分析多依赖解码模型,虽能量化神经数据中的行为信息,但缺乏对行为编码机制的细节刻画。由此引发关键科学问题:如何深入探索行为任务中的神经表征,揭示与行为相关的可解释神经动力学?该问题因不同脑区行为编码方式多样、群体层面存在混合选择性而难以解决。为此,我们提出方法BeNeDiff:首先利用行为引导的潜在变量模型识别出细粒度且解耦的神经子空间;随后采用前沿生成式扩散模型,合成能够解释每个潜因子神经动态的行为视频。我们在包含背侧皮层广域钙成像记录的多会话数据集上验证了该方法。通过引导扩散模型激活单个潜因子,证实解耦神经子空间中各潜因子的神经动态可提供感兴趣行为的可解释量化表征。同时,BeNeDiff所提取的神经子空间具备高解耦性与优异的神经重建质量。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Understanding the neural basis of behavior is a fundamental goal in neuroscience. Current research in large-scale neuro-behavioral data analysis often relies on decoding models, which quantify behavioral information in neural data but lack details on behavior encoding. This raises an intriguing scientific question: ``how can we enable in-depth exploration of neural representations in behavioral tasks, revealing interpretable neural dynamics associated with behaviors''. However, addressing this issue is challenging due to the varied behavioral encoding across different brain regions and mixed selectivity at the population level. To tackle this limitation, our approach, named ``BeNeDiff'', first identifies a fine-grained and disentangled neural subspace using a behavior-informed latent variable model. It then employs state-of-the-art generative diffusion models to synthesize behavior videos that interpret the neural dynamics of each latent factor. We validate the method on multi-session datasets containing widefield calcium imaging recordings across the dorsal cortex. Through guiding the diffusion model to activate individual latent factors, we verify that the neural dynamics of latent factors in the disentangled neural subspace provide interpretable quantifications of the behaviors of interest. At the same time, the neural subspace in BeNeDiff demonstrates high disentanglement and neural reconstruction quality.
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