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Publications

Mei S., Lavian H., Wu YK., Stemmler MB., Portugues R. and Herz AVM. A multi-ring shifter network computes head direction in zebrafish. BioRxiv (Preprint, 2025).

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Lavian H., Prat O., Petrucco L., Štih V. and Portugues R. (2025) Visual motion and landmark position align with heading direction in the zebrafish interpeduncular nucleus. Nat Commun 16, 9924.

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Petrucco L.*, Lavian H.*, Wu YK., Svara F., Štih V. and Portugues R. (2023) Neural dynamics and architecture of the heading direction circuit in zebrafish. Nat Neuro 26:765-773. * co-first author.

 

Lavian H. and Korngreen A. (2019) Short term depression shapes information transmission in a constitutively active GABAergic synapse. Sci Rep 9:18092.

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Faynveitz A., Lavian H., Jacob A. and Korngreen A. (2019) Proliferation of inhibitory input to the substantia nigra in experimental parkinsonism. Front Cell Neurosci 13:417.

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Gorodetski L., Zeira R., Lavian H., and Korngreen A. (2018) Long term plasticity of glutamatergic input from the subthalamic nucleus to the entopeduncular nucleus. Eur J Neurosci, 48(5):2139-2151. 

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Grobman M., Dalal T., Lavian H., Shmuel R., Belelovsky K., Xu F., Korngreen A. and Haddad R. (2018) ­A mirror-symmetric excitatory link coordinates odor maps across olfactory bulbs and enables odor perceptual unity. Neuron, 99(4):800-813.

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Lavian H., Loewenstern Y., Madar R., Almog M., Bar-Gad I., Okun E. and Korngreen A. (2018) Dopamine receptors in the rat entopeduncular nucleus. Brain Struct Funct, 223:2673-2684. 

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Lavian H., Almog M., Madar R., Loewenstern Y., Bar-Gad I., Okun E. and Korngreen A. (2017) Dopaminergic modulation of synaptic integration and firing patterns in the rat entopeduncular nucleus. J Neurosci, 37(30):7177-7187.

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Lavian H. and Korngreen A. (2016) Inhibitory short-term plasticity modulates neuronal activity in the rat entopeduncular nucleus in vitro. Eur J Neurosci, 43: 870-884.

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Lavian H., Ben-Porat H., and Korngreen A. (2013) High and low frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus induce prolonged changes in subthalamic and globus pallidus neurons. Front Syst Neurosci 7: 73.

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