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Fabrizio Musacchio
Fabrizio Musacchio
@FabMusacchio@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

馃 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鈥檚 own dynamics.

馃實https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.040

#Neuroscience #CompNeuro

Diagram showing how single neuron activity influences population activity, with vectors, signals, and neural pathways. Graphical abstract of the paper.
Diagram showing how single neuron activity influences population activity, with vectors, signals, and neural pathways. Graphical abstract of the paper.
Diagram showing how single neuron activity influences population activity, with vectors, signals, and neural pathways. Graphical abstract of the paper.

Neuronal calcium spikes enable vector inversion in the Drosophila brain

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0xPsi
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@oxpsi@mstdn.plus replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

interesting, but how do they show the vector inversion couldn't just as well be implemented by specific circuit connectivity/inputs, and that the 'emergent' neuron dynamics aren't themselves shaped by higher-level circuit constraints?

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