We’re excited to see this published. A new take on spatial credit assignment in cortical circuits based on Richard Naud’s idea on burst multiplexing. A truly collaborative effort lead by Alexandre Payeur and Jordan Guerguiev from Richard Naud’s and Blake Richards’ groups.

Payeur, A., Guerguiev, J., Zenke, F., Richards, B.A., and Naud, R. (2021). Burst-dependent synaptic plasticity can coordinate learning in hierarchical circuits. Nature Neuroscience 1–10.
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Sun, W., Zhao, X., and Spruston, N. (2021). Bursting potentiates the neuro–AI connection. Nature Neuroscience 1–3.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00844-2