Michael G. Metzen

In vivo neural activity of electrosensory pyramidal cells: Biophysical characterization and phenomenological modeling

The paper develops biophysical and phenomenological models to explain in vivo burst firing in electrosensory pyramidal cells, showing how intrinsic conductances, Ca2+ dynamics, and synaptic noise interact to produce bursting activity.

Burst firing optimizes invariant coding of natural communication signals by electrosensory neural populations

The paper shows burst firing in neural populations creates invariant representations of natural communication signals, demonstrated through recordings and computational modeling.