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!


  • Multiplane Mesoscope reveals distinct cortical interactions following expectation violations. Link

Orlova N*, Najafi F*, Tsyboulski D, ..., Saggau P, Lecoq J

bioRxiv, 2020.


  • 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. and J.F. 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. and A.K. 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. and J.F. Medina

Front Neural Circuits, 2013. 7: p. 115.