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Public Library of Science, PLoS Computational Biology, 3(20), p. e1011074, 2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011074

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End-to-end deep learning approach to mouse behavior classification from cortex-wide calcium imaging

Journal article published in 2024 by Takehiro Ajioka, Nobuhiro Nakai ORCID, Okito Yamashita, Toru Takumi ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Deep learning is a powerful tool for neural decoding, broadly applied to systems neuroscience and clinical studies. Interpretable and transparent models that can explain neural decoding for intended behaviors are crucial to identifying essential features of deep learning decoders in brain activity. In this study, we examine the performance of deep learning to classify mouse behavioral states from mesoscopic cortex-wide calcium imaging data. Our convolutional neural network (CNN)-based end-to-end decoder combined with recurrent neural network (RNN) classifies the behavioral states with high accuracy and robustness to individual differences on temporal scales of sub-seconds. Using the CNN-RNN decoder, we identify that the forelimb and hindlimb areas in the somatosensory cortex significantly contribute to behavioral classification. Our findings imply that the end-to-end approach has the potential to be an interpretable deep learning method with unbiased visualization of critical brain regions.