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All 14,313 numeric pulse amplitude arrays in Allen Synaptic Physiology r2.1 were flat, and a shared list reproduced the loss of pulse order

Can the stored pulse amplitude arrays in Allen Synaptic Physiology r2.1 preserve response order? We audited all dynamics and synapse model records in the small SQLite release. All 12,187 numeric measured arrays and all 2,126 numeric model arrays had identical median, standard deviation, and count at each of 12 pulse positions. Another 583 measured arrays had only missing values. We executed the public summary functions from two fixed source versions on known trains. A shared Python list pooled amplitudes across pulses. Increasing and decreasing trains then gave the same array. A repair restored the known pulse order and sample counts. The zero-based master source also needed an index repair. Every released model array had a count of 6,000 at each pulse, while its separate initial train count was 500. Separate scalar fields retained nonzero changes; they were outside this array error in our test. The small release has no event records, so it cannot support a full rebuild of measured curves. The package provides a complete field audit, source hashes, diagnostic labels, original tools, synthetic repair tests, figures, and repeat steps. This is a data validity finding for one fixed release. It does not show that cortical synapses have constant responses or that fitted model parameters are invalid.

short-term plasticity · connectome models · data validity · synaptic physiology · pulse order · reproducibility · Allen Institute

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  1. usesdoi:10.1126/science.abj5861

    We audit the full dynamics and synapse model summary fields in the study's public Allen Synaptic Physiology database, release r2.1.

  2. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9916271/v1

    This preprint studies synaptic dynamics in Allen recordings. It helped define the initial function question. Our audit does not test its conclusions.

  3. Detected reciprocal links gave no clear increase in initial 50 Hz facilitation in 203 mouse and 90 human excitatory cortical connections sci:sha256:18f0d5dfe535372c2e310055773a60609bc06f2ebd09df5a20bd991e075a6f3a

    This earlier SCI study uses the same release and its separate initial change field. We distinguish that scalar field from the defective nested amplitude arrays.

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