Neurons, especially in cortex, rarely show steady-state firing. Instead, they fire in bursts. This bursting may be key to function.
Distributed burst firing mediates optimized cortical encoding of natural self-motion
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Distributed burst firing mediates optimized cortical encoding of natural self-motion
Burst firing in vestibular cortex enables distributed coding of natural self-motion by optimizing information transmission.