Neural Response Reliability as a Marker of the Transition of Neural Codes along Auditory Pathways (Adv. Sci. 46/2025)

Auditory Circuits The cover illustrates the Research Article by Boris Gourévitch and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202508777) on the neural code of the auditory system. Sound waves, as a physical phenomenon, converge toward the ear before being transduced into a neural code–an internal language in which information is carried by the activity of neural circuits across the brain. This code can be thought of as sequences of “0”s and “1”s, reflecting the firing or silence of neurons. Surrounding the head in the background are spectrograms of complex sounds, showing how acoustic energy unfolds over time and frequency. Image credit: Typhaine Dupont