New research reveals how a class of #neurons that help coordinate communication in the #brain link up with their target cells, identifying two #molecules that must be present before synapses, the structures that carry signals between these partners, can form on the target neurons.
#Neuroscience #MolecularBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ns01132601.html
🧠 New paper by Ishida et al who show how #neurons in the #Drosophila central complex implement vector inversion via #calcium spikes.
A single #NeuronalPopulation can flip the sign of its encoded vector by switching biophysical #spiking modes, enabling coordinate transformations through #PopulationDynamics rather than circuit switching.
Cool as it shows that computation is not imposed by the circuit, but emerges from the neuron’s own dynamics.
