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A switch for oscillatory bursting

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A recent article in Nature suggests that inhibitory feedback can switch the firing of sensory neurons between two signaling modes that may be used to process distinct sensory stimuli.

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Figure 2: Schematic of the neural pathways that process amplitude modulations of the electric field (bottom).

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Gabbiani, F. A switch for oscillatory bursting. Nat Neurosci 6, 212–213 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0303-212

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