2021/08/07 by Danil Akhtiamov, Akhtiamov, D., Anthony G. Cohn +3 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Neuroscience · #FOS: Biological sciences #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC) #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.03518
openalex publication_date 2021/08/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A common approach to interpreting spiking activity is based on identifying the firing fields---regions in physical or configuration spaces that elicit responses of neurons. Common examples include hippocampal place cells that fire at preferred locations in the navigated environment, head direction cells that fire at preferred orientations of the animal's head, view cells that respond to preferred spots in the visual field, etc. In all these cases, firing fields were discovered empirically, by trial and error. We argue that the existence and a number of properties of the firing fields can be established theoretically, through topological analyses of the neuronal spiking activity.