Publications
Check our updated list of publications on Google Scholar. We are a strong advocate for Open Science, so we have tried to provide the PDF files for all our papers on Research Gate. If you can't access any of them, please get in touch!
Unexpected events modulate context signaling in VIP and excitatory cells of the visual cortex. Link
Najafi F, Russo S, Lecoq J
bioRxiv, 2024.
Spike Reliability is Cell-Type Specific and Shapes Excitation and Inhibition in the Cortex. Link
Russo S, Stanley GB, Najafi F
bioRxiv, 2024.
Stimulus novelty uncovers coding diversity in visual cortical circuits. Link
Garrett M*, Groblewski P*, Piet A*, Ollerenshaw*, Najafi F*, Yavorska I*, ..., Mihalas S, Arkhipov A, Koch C, Olsen R S
bioRxiv, 2023.
Excitatory and Inhibitory Subnetworks Are Equally Selective during Decision-Making and Emerge Simultaneously during Learning. Link
Najafi F, Elsayed GF, Cao R, Pnevmatikakis E, Latham PE, Cunningham JP, Churchland AK
Neuron, 2020. 105(1): p. 165-179 e8.
Bidirectional short-term plasticity during single-trial learning of cerebellar-driven eyelid movements in mice. Link
Najafi F, JF Medina
Neurobiol Learn Mem, 2020. 170: p. 107097.
CaImAn an open source tool for scalable calcium imaging data analysis. Link
Giovannucci A, Friedrich J, Gunn P, Kalfon J, Koay SU, Taxidis J, Najafi F, Gauthier JL, Zhou P, Tank DW, Chklovskii DB, Pnevmatikakis E
Elife, 2019. 8.
Perceptual Decision-Making: A Field in the Midst of a Transformation. Link
Najafi F, AK Churchland
Neuron, 2018. 100(2): p. 453-462.
Cerebellar granule cells acquire a widespread predictive feedback signal during motor learning. Link
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
Nat Neurosci, 2017. 20(5): p. 727-734.
Sensory-driven enhancement of calcium signals in individual Purkinje cell dendrites of awake mice. Link
Najafi F*, Giovannucci A*, Wang SSH, Medina JF
Cell Rep, 2014. 6(5): p. 792-798.
Coding of stimulus strength via analog calcium signals in Purkinje cell dendrites of awake mice. Link
Najafi F, Giovannucci A, Wang SSH, Medina JF
Elife, 2014. 3: p. e03663.
Beyond "all-or-nothing" climbing fibers: graded representation of teaching signals in Purkinje cells. Link
Najafi F, JF Medina
Front Neural Circuits, 2013. 7: p. 115.