Eran Stark's Lab @UofHaifa for #computational #neuroscience. We study the local circuit mechanisms underlying #cognition
Joined February 2019
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Humans excel at #learning and adapting to new circumstances, but what about mice?
In our new @PNASNexus paper, we found that every mouse learned a new visual rule in a single session. So: what are the behavioral mechanisms that allow for fast learning?
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Science of the day: to find the synaptic gain between two neurons, I use a method developed by @LidorSpivak (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3564…) to de-convolve the auto-correlation from the cross-correlation.
Side science: what is your go to method?
#Neuroscience #Connectivity
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Science of the day: Head direction neurons usually need a decoder to reveal heading. With these raster plots, the heading is clear from the neurons' spiking activity.
Side science: although compared to an internal compass, the HD system isn’t tied to magnetic north
#Neuroscience
So proud of our alum @leviamir8 — now a 2025 Jane Coffin Childs Fellow! 🎉🧠
I'm very excited to be selected as a 2025 Jane Coffin Childs Fellow. Grateful to join this amazing group of scientists.
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Happy to publish this last part of my PhD work. Thanks to @lab_stark, @shirlysomeck, @LidorSpivak, @Roni_gatt, @HadasSloin for a partnership that lasts long after the PhD was done
Humans excel at #learning and adapting to new circumstances, but what about mice?
In our new @PNASNexus paper, we found that every mouse learned a new visual rule in a single session. So: what are the behavioral mechanisms that allow for fast learning?
shorturl.at/B9aI7
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My best friend and brilliant scientist @leviamir8 has published his last PhD paper!!! Check it out
Humans excel at #learning and adapting to new circumstances, but what about mice?
In our new @PNASNexus paper, we found that every mouse learned a new visual rule in a single session. So: what are the behavioral mechanisms that allow for fast learning?
shorturl.at/B9aI7
Finally, we suggest a multilevel framework for rule learning as part of a composite learning scheme. We expect the new paradigm and the framework to be useful for deciphering the neuronal mechanisms of rapid discrimination learning requiring reference memory.
Work by @leviamir8 and @Noamaviv22.
This work was supported by @usisraelbsf, @ERC_Research, the Israel Science Foundation, @CIHR_IRSC, the International Development Research Centre, @azrielifdn, and the @ZiminInstitutes.
Work by @leviamir8 and @Noamaviv22.
This work was supported by @usisraelbsf, @ERC_Research, the Israel Science Foundation, @CIHR_IRSC, the International Development Research Centre, @azrielifdn, and the Zimin Institute.
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Dorsal CA1 silencing degrades tactile short-term memory biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Is the hippocampus necessary for non-spatial short-term memory?
We developed an automated tactile task for freely-moving mice and silenced CA1 specifically during the memory phase.
Want to know how performance is impacted? Check out our new #preprint: shorturl.at/dpFY7
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BSF-grantee Dr. Eran Stark @lab_stark uncovers how our brains thrive when neuron groups synchronize "spike timing" as a team, challenging old assumptions and shedding new light on neuronal connectivity and brain plasticity. @TelAvivUni 🔗science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
#Hippocampal #theta phase #precession plays a role in spatial coding and neural sequences. Ever wondered how it is generated?
New in @sciencemagazine: we show that local circuits can generate precession and propose a potential mechanism: shorturl.at/IOUV9. #ScienceResearch
🌐 Long story short, a precession generator resides locally within CA1!
The results are incompatible with models of inheritance, spreading activation, dual-input, inhibition-excitation summation, or somato-dendritic competition and are consistent with a dual-oscillator model.
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Work by @HadasSloin, with @LidorSpivak, @leviamir8, @shirlysomeck and @roni_gatt. Thanks to @ERC_Research, @usisraelbsf, @CIHR_IRSC, @IDRC_CRDI, @RosetreesT, and the @azrielifdn for supporting this study. 🙌🤝
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