Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth.
For some moth species, especially those closely interrelated and sympatric, recognizing a specific pheromone component concentration ratio is essential for males to successfully locate conspecific females. We propose and determine the properties of a minimalist competition-based feed-forward neurona...
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| author | Andrei Zavada Christopher L Buckley Dominique Martinez Jean-Pierre Rospars Thomas Nowotny |
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| description | For some moth species, especially those closely interrelated and sympatric, recognizing a specific pheromone component concentration ratio is essential for males to successfully locate conspecific females. We propose and determine the properties of a minimalist competition-based feed-forward neuronal model capable of detecting a certain ratio of pheromone components independently of overall concentration. This model represents an elementary recognition unit for the ratio of binary mixtures which we propose is entirely contained in the macroglomerular complex (MGC) of the male moth. A set of such units, along with projection neurons (PNs), can provide the input to higher brain centres. We found that (1) accuracy is mainly achieved by maintaining a certain ratio of connection strengths between olfactory receptor neurons (ORN) and local neurons (LN), much less by properties of the interconnections between the competing LNs proper. An exception to this rule is that it is beneficial if connections between generalist LNs (i.e. excited by either pheromone component) and specialist LNs (i.e. excited by one component only) have the same strength as the reciprocal specialist to generalist connections. (2) successful ratio recognition is achieved using latency-to-first-spike in the LN populations which, in contrast to expectations with a population rate code, leads to a broadening of responses for higher overall concentrations consistent with experimental observations. (3) when longer durations of the competition between LNs were observed it did not lead to higher recognition accuracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89499220285543a184fde6c94064b0ec2022-12-22T00:13:22ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-02-0162e1630810.1371/journal.pone.0016308Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth.Andrei ZavadaChristopher L BuckleyDominique MartinezJean-Pierre RosparsThomas NowotnyFor some moth species, especially those closely interrelated and sympatric, recognizing a specific pheromone component concentration ratio is essential for males to successfully locate conspecific females. We propose and determine the properties of a minimalist competition-based feed-forward neuronal model capable of detecting a certain ratio of pheromone components independently of overall concentration. This model represents an elementary recognition unit for the ratio of binary mixtures which we propose is entirely contained in the macroglomerular complex (MGC) of the male moth. A set of such units, along with projection neurons (PNs), can provide the input to higher brain centres. We found that (1) accuracy is mainly achieved by maintaining a certain ratio of connection strengths between olfactory receptor neurons (ORN) and local neurons (LN), much less by properties of the interconnections between the competing LNs proper. An exception to this rule is that it is beneficial if connections between generalist LNs (i.e. excited by either pheromone component) and specialist LNs (i.e. excited by one component only) have the same strength as the reciprocal specialist to generalist connections. (2) successful ratio recognition is achieved using latency-to-first-spike in the LN populations which, in contrast to expectations with a population rate code, leads to a broadening of responses for higher overall concentrations consistent with experimental observations. (3) when longer durations of the competition between LNs were observed it did not lead to higher recognition accuracy.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040183?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Andrei Zavada Christopher L Buckley Dominique Martinez Jean-Pierre Rospars Thomas Nowotny Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. PLoS ONE |
| title | Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. |
| title_full | Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. |
| title_fullStr | Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. |
| title_short | Competition-based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth. |
| title_sort | competition based model of pheromone component ratio detection in the moth |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040183?pdf=render |
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