Uncovering the spatiotemporal structure of neural avalanches through optimal transport and dynamic time warping
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) July 16, 2026 Filip Novický, Nikola Jajcay, Jaroslav Hlinka
Neural avalanches - or threshold-defined bursts of coordinated activity - are traditionally characterised by scale-free statistics. However the study of their detailed spatiotemporal structure and their recurrence within spontaneous activity has been hindered by the variability of avalanches in duration and spatial extent. To tackle this challenge, we propose the use of flexible alignment: we...