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August 9, 2026Science AdvancesOpen Access

Distributed burst firing mediates optimized cortical encoding of natural self-motion

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JCJérôme CarriotIMIsabelle MackrousKCKathleen E. Cullen

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Overview

Randomized trial shows how vestibular cortical neurons encode self-motion, suggesting a new understanding of neural processing.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how vestibular cortical neurons represent self-motion during natural activities.
  • Utilized stimuli mimicking head dynamics encountered in real-life behavior.
  • Compared neural activity response during natural versus artificial self-motion stimuli.
  • Analyzed population-level coding of motion features.
  • Neural activity shifted from graded firing-rate changes to burst firing during natural stimulation.
  • Distributed coding of motion features enhanced information transmission and reduced redundancy.
  • Feature-based representation of self-motion was specific to the vestibular cortex and absent in the vestibular thalamus.

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Carriot et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a782d2c2e1896536c83ffcehttps://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee8327
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