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SUBMITTER: Aumentado-Armstrong T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4608831 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aumentado-Armstrong Tristan T Metzen Michael G MG Sproule Michael K J MK Chacron Maurice J MJ
PLoS computational biology 20151016 10
Neurons that respond selectively but in an invariant manner to a given feature of natural stimuli have been observed across species and systems. Such responses emerge in higher brain areas, thereby suggesting that they occur by integrating afferent input. However, the mechanisms by which such integration occurs are poorly understood. Here we show that midbrain electrosensory neurons can respond selectively and in an invariant manner to heterogeneity in behaviorally relevant stimulus waveforms. S ...[more]