Topic: homeostatic properties

Neural computations support stable behavior despite relying on many dynamically changing biological processes. One such process is representational drift (RD), which describes changes in neurons' response profile over the timescale of minutes to weeks. Across many brain areas, neurons change their tuning or even stop/start being active, while population encoding and behavior stays intact. Generally, RD is believed to be caused by changes in synaptic weights. These changes impact the population readout and consequently require adaptation of downstream areas to maintain stable function, a costly