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How the information microscopically processed by individual neurons is integrated and used in organizing the behavior of an animal is a central question in neuroscience. The coherence of neuronal dynamics over different scales has been…
In the intricate architecture of the mammalian central nervous system, neurons form populations. Axonal bundles communicate between these clusters using spike trains. However, these neuron populations' precise encoding and operations have…
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Our knowledge of the sensory world is encoded by neurons in sequences of discrete, identical pulses termed action potentials or spikes. There is persistent controversy about the extent to which the precise timing of these spikes is relevant…