MEA-NAP compares microscale functional connectivity, topology, and network dynamics in organoid or monolayer neuronal cultures

MEA-NAP 比较类器官或单层神经元培养中的微尺度功能连接、拓扑结构和网络动态

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作者:Timothy Ph Sit, Rachael C Feord, Alexander We Dunn, Jeremi Chabros, David Oluigbo, Hugo H Smith, Lance Burn, Elise Chang, Alessio Boschi, Yin Yuan, George M Gibbons, Mahsa Khayat-Khoei, Francesco De Angelis, Erik Hemberg, Martin Hemberg, Madeline A Lancaster, Andras Lakatos, Stephen J Eglen, Ole Pau

Abstract

Microelectrode array (MEA) recordings are commonly used to compare firing and burst rates in neuronal cultures. MEA recordings can also reveal microscale functional connectivity, topology, and network dynamics-patterns seen in brain networks across spatial scales. Network topology is frequently characterized in neuroimaging with graph theoretical metrics. However, few computational tools exist for analyzing microscale functional brain networks from MEA recordings. Here, we present a MATLAB MEA network analysis pipeline (MEA-NAP) for raw voltage time-series acquired from single- or multi-well MEAs. Applications to 3D human cerebral organoids or 2D human-derived or murine cultures reveal differences in network development, including topology, node cartography, and dimensionality. MEA-NAP incorporates multi-unit template-based spike detection, probabilistic thresholding for determining significant functional connections, and normalization techniques for comparing networks. MEA-NAP can identify network-level effects of pharmacologic perturbation and/or disease-causing mutations and, thus, can provide a translational platform for revealing mechanistic insights and screening new therapeutic approaches.

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