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ArticleNature methods2025

JAXLEY: differentiable simulation enables large-scale training of detailed biophysical models of neural dynamics.

Michael Deistler, Kyra L Kadhim, Matthijs Pals, Jonas Beck, Ziwei Huang, Manuel Gloeckler, Janne K Lappalainen, Cornelius Schröder, Philipp Berens, Pedro J Gonçalves and 1 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Michael DeistlerMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. michael.deistler@uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3573-0404
Kyra L KadhimTübingen AI Center, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8524-2812
Matthijs PalsMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-1325
Jonas BeckTübingen AI Center, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0338-2559
Ziwei HuangTübingen AI Center, Tübingen, Germany.
Manuel GloecklerMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Janne K LappalainenMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-7401
Cornelius SchröderMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5643-2097
Philipp BerensTübingen AI Center, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-4727
Pedro J GonçalvesMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-4836
Jakob H MackeMachine Learning in Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. jakob.macke@uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5154-8912

Funding

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation) Certification and Foundations of Safe Machine Learning Systems in HealthcareDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 390727645, CRC 1233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biophysical neuron models provide insights into cellular mechanisms underlying neural computations. A central challenge has been to identify parameters of detailed biophysical models such that they match physiological measurements or perform computational tasks. Here we describe a framework for simulating biophysical models in neuroscience-JAXLEY-which addresses this challenge. By making use of automatic differentiation and GPU acceleration, JAXLEY enables optimizing large-scale biophysical models with gradient descent. JAXLEY can learn biophysical neuron models to match voltage or two-photon calcium recordings, sometimes orders of magnitude more efficiently than previous methods. JAXLEY also makes it possible to train biophysical neuron models to perform computational tasks. We train a recurrent neural network to perform working memory tasks, and a network of morphologically detailed neurons with 100,000 parameters to solve a computer vision task. JAXLEY improves the ability to build large-scale data- or task-constrained biophysical models, creating opportunities for investigating the mechanisms underlying neural computations across multiple scales.

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BiophysicsModels, NeurologicalNeuronsSoftwareAlgorithmsAnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaComputer SimulationHumansNeural Networks, Computer

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PMID41233544
PMCPMC12695658

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