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Neural heterogeneity enhances reliable neural information processing: Local sensitivity and globally input-slaved transient dynamics.

Shengdun Wu, Haiping Huang, Shengjun Wang, Guozhang Chen, Changsong Zhou, Dongping Yang

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  1. A Reconfigurable Memristive Spiking Neuron Enabling Advanced Neuromorphic Computing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Spatially structured heterogeneity shapes large-scale cortical dynamics in a model of the human cortex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Shengdun WuResearch Centre for Frontier Fundamental Studies, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0548-1707
Haiping HuangPMI Lab, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Shengjun WangDepartment of Physics, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1051-6150
Guozhang ChenNational Key Laboratory for Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6171-6008
Changsong ZhouDepartment of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4130-0216
Dongping YangResearch Centre for Frontier Fundamental Studies, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0634-2995

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Abstract

Cortical neuronal activity varies over time and across repeated trials, yet consistently represents stimulus features. The dynamical mechanism underlying this reliable representation and computation remains elusive. This study uncovers a mechanism for reliable neural information processing, leveraging a biologically plausible network model incorporating neural heterogeneity. First, we investigate neuronal timescale diversity, revealing that it disrupts intrinsic coherent spatiotemporal patterns, induces firing rate heterogeneity, enhances local responsive sensitivity, and aligns network activity closely with input. The system exhibits globally input-slaved transient dynamics, essential for reliable neural information processing. Other neural heterogeneities, such as nonuniform input connections, spike threshold heterogeneity, and network in-degree heterogeneity, play similar roles, highlighting the importance of neural heterogeneity in shaping consistent stimulus representation. This mechanism offers a potentially general framework for understanding neural heterogeneity in reliable computation and informs the design of reservoir computing models endowed with liquid wave reservoirs for neuromorphic computing.

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Models, NeurologicalNerve NetNeuronsAction PotentialsAnimalsHumansNeural Networks, Computer

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