Integration of Calcium Imaging Traces via Deep Generative Modeling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14615v3
• Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:40:11 GMT
• Title: Integration of Calcium Imaging Traces via Deep Generative Modeling
• Authors: Berta Ros, Mireia Olives-Verger, Caterina Fuses, Josep M Canals, Jordi Soriano, Jordi Abante,
• Abstract summary: We show how to learn single-neuron representations from calcium imaging fluorescence traces without relying on spike inference algorithms.<n>We find that this approach outperforms state-of-the-art models, preserving biological variability while mitigating batch effects.<n>This framework enables robust visualization, clustering, and interpretation of single-neuron dynamics.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Calcium imaging allows for the parallel measurement of large neuronal populations in a spatially resolved and minimally invasive manner, and has become a gold-standard for neuronal functionality. While deep generative models have been successfully applied to study the activity of neuronal ensembles, their potential for learning single-neuron representations from calcium imaging fluorescence traces remains largely unexplored, and batch effects remain an important hurdle. To address this, we explore supervised variational autoencoder architectures that learn compact representations of individual neurons from fluorescent traces without relying on spike inference algorithms. We find that this approach outperforms state-of-the-art models, preserving biological variability while mitigating batch effects. Across simulated and experimental datasets, this framework enables robust visualization, clustering, and interpretation of single-neuron dynamics.

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