The vestibular system implements a linear-nonlinear transformation in order to encode self-motion.

Although it is well established that the neural code representing the world changes at each stage of a sensory pathway, the transformations that mediate these changes are not well understood. Here we show that self-motion (i.e. vestibular) sensory information encoded by VIIIth nerve afferents is int...

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Main Authors: Corentin Massot, Adam D Schneider, Maurice J Chacron, Kathleen E Cullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3404115?pdf=render