PMID- 31428855 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200406 LR - 20200408 IS - 1432-0770 (Electronic) IS - 0340-1200 (Print) IS - 0340-1200 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - 5-6 DP - 2019 Dec TI - A generic deviance detection principle for cortical On/Off responses, omission response, and mismatch negativity. PG - 475-494 LID - 10.1007/s00422-019-00804-x [doi] AB - Neural responses to sudden changes can be observed in many parts of the sensory pathways at different organizational levels. For example, deviants that violate regularity at various levels of abstraction can be observed as simple On/Off responses of individual neurons or as cumulative responses of neural populations. The cortical deviance-related responses supporting different functionalities (e.g., gap detection, chunking, etc.) seem unlikely to arise from different function-specific neural circuits, given the relatively uniform and self-similar wiring patterns across cortical areas and spatial scales. Additionally, reciprocal wiring patterns (with heterogeneous combinations of excitatory and inhibitory connections) in the cortex naturally speak in favor of a generic deviance detection principle. Based on this concept, we propose a network model consisting of reciprocally coupled neural masses as a blueprint of a universal change detector. Simulation examples reproduce properties of cortical deviance-related responses including the On/Off responses, the omitted-stimulus response (OSR), and the mismatch negativity (MMN). We propose that the emergence of change detectors relies on the involvement of disinhibition. An analysis of network connection settings further suggests a supportive effect of synaptic adaptation and a destructive effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA-r) antagonists on change detection. We conclude that the nature of cortical reciprocal wiring gives rise to a whole range of local change detectors supporting the notion of a generic deviance detection principle. Several testable predictions are provided based on the network model. Notably, we predict that the NMDA-r antagonists would generally dampen the cortical Off response, the cortical OSR, and the MMN. FAU - Chien, Vincent S C AU - Chien VSC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1630-7870 AD - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, Leipzig, Germany. vchien@cbs.mpg.de. FAU - Maess, Burkhard AU - Maess B AD - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Knosche, Thomas R AU - Knosche TR AD - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, Leipzig, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190819 PL - Germany TA - Biol Cybern JT - Biological cybernetics JID - 7502533 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/*physiology MH - Humans MH - *Models, Neurological MH - Nerve Net/*physiology MH - Neurons/*physiology PMC - PMC6848254 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adaptation OT - Auditory perception OT - Deviance detection OT - NMDA OT - Neural mass model EDAT- 2019/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/09 06:00 PMCR- 2019/08/19 CRDT- 2019/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s00422-019-00804-x [pii] AID - 804 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00422-019-00804-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Cybern. 2019 Dec;113(5-6):475-494. doi: 10.1007/s00422-019-00804-x. Epub 2019 Aug 19.