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Neural Circuits and Behavior
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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  • 2025
    Distinct brain-wide neural dynamics predict social approach behavior
    Lifshitz I, Prag A, Livneh N, Moshkovitz M, Karmi A, Avitan L
    bioRxiv (preprint)
  • 2025
    It's about time: neural temporal scaling accounts for robust hunting behavior across temperatures
    Tishby Tamari S, Rubinstein Y, Livneh N, Moshkovitz M, Karmi A, Avitan L
    bioRxiv (preprint)
  • 2025
    A detailed quantification of larval zebrafish behavioral repertoire uncovers principles of hunting behavior
    Rubinstein Y, Moshkovitz M, Ottenheimer I, Shapira S, Tiomkin S, Avitan L
    iScience
  • 2023
    Cortical activity emerges in region-specific patterns during early brain development
    Suárez R, Bluett T, McCullough MH, Avitan L, Black DA, Paolino A, Fenlon LR, Goodhill GJ, Richards LJ
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
  • 2023
    fmr1 mutation alters the early development of sensory coding and hunting and social behaviors in larval zebrafish
    Zhu SI, McCullough MH, Pujic Z, Sibberas J, Sun B, Darveniza T, Bucknall B, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ
    Journal of Neuroscience
  • 2022
    Not so spontaneous: Multi-dimensional representations of behaviors and context in sensory areas
    Avitan L, Stringer C
    Neuron
  • 2021
    Spontaneous and evoked activity patterns diverge over development
    Avitan L, Pujic Z, Mölter J, Zhu S, Sun B, Goodhill GJ
    eLife
  • 2020
    Behavioral signatures of a developing neural code
    Avitan L, Pujic Z, Mölter J, McCullough M, Zhu S, Sun B, Myhre AE, Goodhill GJ
    Current Biology
  • 2020
    Model-based decoupling of evoked and spontaneous neural activity in calcium imaging data
    Triplett MA, Pujic Z, Sun B, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ
    PLOS Computational Biology
  • 2018
    Code under construction: Neural coding over development
    Avitan L, Goodhill GJ
    Trends in Neurosciences
  • 2018
    Detecting neural assemblies in calcium imaging data
    Mölter J, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ
    BMC Biology
  • 2018
    Emergence of spontaneous assembly activity in developing neural networks without afferent input
    Triplett MA, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ
    PLOS Computational Biology
  • 2018
    Principles of functional circuit connectivity: Insights from spontaneous activity in the zebrafish optic tectum
    Marachlian E, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ, Sumbre G
    Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • 2017
    Spontaneous activity in the zebrafish tectum reorganizes over development and is influenced by visual experience
    Avitan L, Pujic Z, Mölter J, Van De Poll M, Sun B, Teng H, Amor R, Scott EK, Goodhill GJ
    Current Biology
  • 2016
    Limitations of neural map topography for decoding spatial information
    Avitan L, Pujic Z, Hughes NJ, Scott EK, Goodhill GJ
    Journal of Neuroscience
  • 2014
    Balanced interhemispheric cortical activity is required for correct targeting of the corpus callosum
    Suárez R, Fenlon LR, Marek R, Avitan L, Sah P, Goodhill GJ, Richards LJ
    Neuron
  • 2009
    EEG generator — a model of potentials in a volume conductor
    Avitan L, Teicher M, Abeles M
    Journal of Neurophysiology
  • 2008
    Resolving the dynamics of EEG generators by multichannel recordings
    Avitan L, Teicher M, Abeles M
    Biological Cybernetics

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