Single neurons may encode simultaneous stimuli by switching between activity patterns

The neural mechanisms through which neurons represent simultaneously presented stimuli are not well understood. Here the authors demonstrate that the two stimuli are alternately encoded through fluctuations in the activity patterns of single neurons.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Valeria C. Caruso, Jeff T. Mohl, Christopher Glynn, Jungah Lee, Shawn M. Willett, Azeem Zaman, Akinori F. Ebihara, Rolando Estrada, Winrich A. Freiwald, Surya T. Tokdar, Jennifer M. Groh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05121-8