用神经算子模拟神经元实验变异,速度提升4200倍
NOBLE -- Neural Operator with Biologically-informed Latent Embeddings to Capture Experimental Variability in Biological Neuron Models

- 基于频率调制嵌入,学习神经特征到电压响应的映射
- 生成带试次变异的合成神经元,速度比数值求解快4200倍
- 首次在真实实验数据上验证泛化能力,适合神经建模与神经AI
表征神经元的细胞特性是理解其脑功能的基础。当前生物真实模型受限于实验数据稀缺和固有变异。现有方法多为确定性建模,无法反映实验中的自然变异。虽然深度学习日益重要,但难以捕捉神经元的非线性电压动态和生物物理复杂性。为此,我们提出NOBLE——一种神经算子框架,从可解释的神经特征连续频调嵌入映射到电流注入引起的胞体电压响应。在由生物真实神经元模型生成的合成数据上训练,NOBLE能预测包含内在实验变异的神经动力学分布。相比传统模型,嵌入空间插值可生成符合实验观测的动力学。NOBLE实现高效合成神经元生成,逼近实验数据并体现试次变异,相较数值求解器提速4200倍。它是首个在真实实验数据上验证泛化能力的规模化深度学习框架,以独特且涌现的方式捕捉基本神经属性,为细胞组成与计算、类脑架构、大规模脑电路及通用神经AI应用开辟新路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Characterizing the cellular properties of neurons is fundamental to understanding their function in the brain. In this quest, the generation of bio-realistic models is central towards integrating multimodal cellular data sets and establishing causal relationships. However, current modeling approaches remain constrained by the limited availability and intrinsic variability of experimental neuronal data. The deterministic formalism of bio-realistic models currently precludes accounting for the natural variability observed experimentally. While deep learning is becoming increasingly relevant in this space, it fails to capture the full biophysical complexity of neurons, their nonlinear voltage dynamics, and variability. To address these shortcomings, we introduce NOBLE, a neural operator framework that learns a mapping from a continuous frequency-modulated embedding of interpretable neuron features to the somatic voltage response induced by current injection. Trained on synthetic data generated from bio-realistic neuron models, NOBLE predicts distributions of neural dynamics accounting for the intrinsic experimental variability. Unlike conventional bio-realistic neuron models, interpolating within the embedding space offers models whose dynamics are consistent with experimentally observed responses. NOBLE enables the efficient generation of synthetic neurons that closely resemble experimental data and exhibit trial-to-trial variability, offering a $4200\times$ speedup over the numerical solver. NOBLE is the first scaled-up deep learning framework that validates its generalization with real experimental data. To this end, NOBLE captures fundamental neural properties in a unique and emergent manner that opens the door to a better understanding of cellular composition and computations, neuromorphic architectures, large-scale brain circuits, and general neuroAI applications.
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