A Perspective on Information Optimality in a Neural Circuit and Other Biological Systems

Signals Pub Date : 2022-06-20 DOI:10.3390/signals3020025
Robert Friedman
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Abstract

The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans has a relatively simple neural system for analysis of information transmission from sensory organ to muscle fiber. Consequently, this study includes an example of a neural circuit from the nematode worm, and a procedure is shown for measuring its information optimality by use of a logic gate model. This approach is useful where the assumptions are applicable for a neural circuit, and also for choosing between competing mathematical hypotheses that explain the function of a neural circuit. In this latter case, the logic gate model can estimate computational complexity and distinguish which of the mathematical models require fewer computations. In addition, the concept of information optimality is generalized to other biological systems, along with an extended discussion of its role in genetic-based pathways of organisms.
神经回路和其他生物系统中的信息最优性透视
秀丽隐杆线虫具有相对简单的神经系统,用于分析从感觉器官到肌纤维的信息传递。因此,本研究包括一个来自线虫蠕虫的神经回路的例子,并展示了一个程序,通过使用逻辑门模型来测量其信息最优性。这种方法在假设适用于神经回路的情况下很有用,也可以在解释神经回路功能的竞争性数学假设之间进行选择。在后一种情况下,逻辑门模型可以估计计算复杂性,并区分哪些数学模型需要较少的计算。此外,信息最优性的概念被推广到其他生物系统,以及其在生物遗传途径中的作用的扩展讨论。
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