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    Nonrenewal spiking in Neural and Calcium signaling

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    Sowohl in der neuronalen als auch in der Kalzium SignalĂŒbertragung werden Informationen durch kurze Pulse oder Spikes, ĂŒbertragen. Obwohl beide Systeme grundlegende Eigenschaften der Spike-Erzeugung teilen, wurden Integrate-and-fire (IF)-Modelle bisher nur auf neuronale Systeme angewendet. Diese Modelle bleiben auch dann behandelbar, wenn sie um Prozesse erweitert werden, die in Übereinstimmung mit Experimenten Spike-Zeiten mit korrelierten Interspike-Intervallen (ISI) erzeugen. Die statistische Analyse solcher nicht erneuerbarer Modelle ist Gegenstand dieser Arbeit. Das zweite Kapitel konzentriert sich auf die Berechnung des seriellen Korrelationskoeffizienten (SCC) in neuronalen Systemen. Es wird ein adaptives Modell betrachtet, das durch einen korrelierten Eingangsstrom getrieben wird. Es zeigt sich, dass neben den langsamen Prozessen auch die Dynamik des Modells den SCC bestimmt. Obwohl die Theorie fĂŒr schwach gestörte IF-Modelle entwickelt wurde, kann sie auch auf stĂ€rker gestörte leitfĂ€higkeitsbasierte Modelle angewendet werden und ist damit in der Lage, ein breites Spektrum biophysikalischer Situationen zu beschreiben. Im dritten Kapitel wird ein IF-Modell zur Beschreibung von Kalzium-Spikes formuliert, das die stochastische Freisetzung von Kalzium aus dem endoplasmatischen Retikulum (ER) und dessen Entleerung berĂŒcksichtigt. Die beobachtete Zeitskalentrennung zwischen Kalziumfreisetzung und Spikegenerierung motiviert eine DiffusionsnĂ€herung, die eine analytische Behandlung des Modells ermöglicht. Die experimentell beobachtete Transiente, in der sich die ISIs einem stationĂ€ren Wert annĂ€hern, kann durch die Entleerung des ER beschrieben werden. Es wird untersucht, wie die Statistiken der Transienten mit den stationĂ€ren Intervallkorrelationen zusammenhĂ€ngen. Es zeigt sich, dass eine stĂ€rkere Anpassung der Intervalle und eine kurze Transiente mit stĂ€rkeren Korrelationen einhergehen. Der Vergleich mit experimentellen Daten bestĂ€tigt diese Trends qualitativ.In both neuronal and calcium signaling, information is transmitted by short pulses, so-called spikes. Although both systems share some basic principles of spike generation, integrate-and-fire (IF) models have so far only been applied to neuronal systems. These models remain analytically tractable even when extended to include processes that lead to the generation of spike times with correlated interspike intervals (ISIs) as observed in experiments. The statistical analysis of such non-renewal models is the subject of this thesis. In the second chapter we focus on the calculation of the serial correlation coefficient (SCC) in neural systems. We consider an adaptive model driven by a correlated input current. We show that in addition to the two slow processes, the dynamics of the model also determines the SCC. Although the theory is developed for weakly perturbed IF models, it can also be applied to more strongly perturbed conductance-based models and is thus able to account for a wide range of biophysical situations. In the third chapter, we formulate an IF model to describe the generation of calcium spikes, taking into account the stochastic release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and its depletion. The observed time-scale separation between calcium release and spike generation motivates a diffusion approximation that allows an analytical treatment of the model. The experimentally observed transient, during which the ISIs approach a steady state value, can be captured by the depletion of the ER. We study how the transient ISI statistics are related to the stationary interval correlations. We show that a stronger adaptation of the intervals as well as a short transient are associated with stronger interval correlations. Comparison with experimental data qualitatively confirms these trends

    A survey of molecular communication in cell biology : establishing a new hierarchy for interdisciplinary applications

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    Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a promising methodology for interdisciplinary applications requiring communication between cells and other microscale devices. However, since the life sciences and communications engineering fields have distinct approaches to formulating and solving research problems, the mismatch between them can hinder the translation of research results and impede the development and implementation of interdisciplinary solutions. To bridge this gap, this survey proposes a novel communication hierarchy for MC signaling in cell biology and maps phenomena, contributions, and problems to the hierarchy. The hierarchy includes: 1) the physical propagation of cell signaling at the Physical Signal Propagation level; 2) the generation, reception, and biochemical pathways of molecular signals at the Physical and Chemical Signal Interaction level; 3) the quantification of physical signals, including macroscale observation and control methods, and conversion of signals to information at the Signal-Data Interface level; 4) the interpretation of information in cell signals and the realization of synthetic systems to store, process, and communicate molecular signals at the Local Data Abstraction level; and 5) applications relying on communication with MC signals at the Application level. To further demonstrate the proposed hierarchy, it is applied to case studies on quorum sensing, neuronal signaling, and communication via DNA. Finally, several open problems are identified for each level and the integration of multiple levels. The proposed hierarchy provides language for communication engineers to study and interface with biological systems, and also helps biologists to understand how communications engineering concepts can be exploited to interpret, control, and manipulate signaling in cell biology

    Mechanisms of Information Filtering in Neural Systems

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