Can we trust subthalamic local field potentials? Geometric and dynamical constraints on the interpretation of extracellular recordings
Federico Fattorini, Torbjørn V. Ness, Lorenzo Gaetano Amato, Alberto Mazzoni, Nicolò Meneghetti
This paper challenges the assumption that local field potentials (LFPs) universally reflect population activity by showing that their interpretability depends on neuronal morphology and synchronization state in the subthalamic nucleus.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience