Publications
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Unexpected events modulate task-independent signaling in VIP and excitatory cells of the visual cortex.
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Najafi F*, Russo S, Lecoq J*
2024; iScience (accepted); DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.15.594366 * co-corresponding author
Spike Reliability is Cell-Type Specific and Shapes Excitation and Inhibition in the Cortex.
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Russo S, Stanley GB, Najafi F
2024; Scientific Reports (accepted); PMID: 38895401
Stimulus novelty uncovers coding diversity in visual cortical circuits.
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Garrett M*, Groblewski P*, Piet A*, Ollerenshaw D*, Najafi F*, Yavorska I*, ..., Mihalas S, Arkhipov A, Koch C, Olsen R S
2023; bioRxiv; DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.14.528085 * co-first author
Excitatory and Inhibitory Subnetworks Are Equally Selective during Decision-Making and Emerge Simultaneously during Learning.
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Najafi F, Elsayed GF, Cao R, Pnevmatikakis E, Latham PE, Cunningham JP, Churchland AK
2020; Neuron; PMID: 31753580
Bidirectional short-term plasticity during single-trial learning of cerebellar-driven eyelid movements in mice.
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Najafi F, Medina JF
2020; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; PMID: 31610225
CaImAn an open source tool for scalable calcium imaging data analysis.
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Giovannucci A, Friedrich J, Gunn P, Kalfon J, Koay SU, Taxidis J, Najafi F, Gauthier JL, Zhou P, Tank DW, Chklovskii DB, Pnevmatikakis E
2019; Elife; PMID: 30652683
Perceptual Decision-Making: A Field in the Midst of a Transformation.
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Najafi F, Churchland AK
2018; Neuron; PMID: 30359608
Cerebellar granule cells acquire a widespread predictive feedback signal during motor learning.
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Giovannucci A, Badura A, Deverett B, Najafi F, Pereira TD, Gao Z, Ozden I, Kloth AD, Pnevmatikakis E, Paninski L, De Zeeuw CI, Medina JF, Wang SS
2017; Nature Neuroscience; PMID: 28319608
Sensory-driven enhancement of calcium signals in individual Purkinje cell dendrites of awake mice.
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Najafi F*, Giovannucci A*, Wang SSH, Medina JF
2014; Cell Reports; PMID: 24582958
Coding of stimulus strength via analog calcium signals in Purkinje cell dendrites of awake mice.
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Najafi F, Giovannucci A, Wang SSH, Medina JF
2014; Elife; PMID: 25205669
Beyond "all-or-nothing" climbing fibers: graded representation of teaching signals in Purkinje cells.
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Najafi F, Medina JF
2013; Frontiers in Neural Circuits; PMID: 23847473