<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/study-shows-that-a-bal-1.jpg” alt=”Physicists have learned details about the balance between neurons that ensures optimal brain function”/>A team of European scientists has found out how, from the point of view of information theory, the balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons is configured to ensure optimal data encoding. They have learned that neural networks optimized for long-term accurate encoding of information may be less sensitive to rapid changes in input signals.