Findings reveal that increased arousal affects stimulus encoding accuracy in the auditory cortex, suggesting dynamic neuron states.
In this issue of Neuron , Papadopoulos et al. 1 demonstrate that stimulus encoding accuracy in auditory cortex rises and then falls with increasing arousal. Their model of stimulus-induced transitions between discrete, arousal-dependent attractor states of spiking neurons successfully accounts for their data.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Satchell et al. (2026) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: