Yaara Lefler

788 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 474 citations indexed

About

Yaara Lefler is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaara Lefler has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 474 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 2 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Yaara Lefler's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Yaara Lefler is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Yaara Lefler collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Yaara Lefler's co-authors include Tiago Branco, Dominic A. Evans, Ruben Vale, Sabine Ruehle, A. Vanessa Stempel, Yosef Yarom, Marylka Yoe Uusisaari, Dario Campagner, Benjamin Torben-Nielsen and Inna Sukhotinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yaara Lefler

7 papers receiving 470 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A synaptic threshold mechanism for computing escape decisions

2018 282 citations Dominic A. Evans, A. Vanessa Stempel et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaara Lefler Israel	7	272	235	97	92	80	8	474
Ioana Carcea United States	12	423 1.6×	311 1.3×	126 1.3×	89 1.0×	62 0.8×	20	710
Shahin Zangenehpour Canada	13	300 1.1×	255 1.1×	71 0.7×	165 1.8×	30 0.4×	25	653
K. Troy Harker Canada	7	318 1.2×	242 1.0×	77 0.8×	70 0.8×	27 0.3×	8	538
Congping Shang China	11	436 1.6×	439 1.9×	149 1.5×	230 2.5×	113 1.4×	13	862
Xiao-lin Chou United States	9	524 1.9×	528 2.2×	90 0.9×	188 2.0×	96 1.2×	11	916
Phillip M. Baker United States	15	353 1.3×	445 1.9×	89 0.9×	169 1.8×	54 0.7×	22	709
Eliane Comoli Brazil	10	511 1.9×	395 1.7×	212 2.2×	126 1.4×	127 1.6×	11	861
Mattia Privitera Switzerland	7	259 1.0×	176 0.7×	81 0.8×	99 1.1×	37 0.5×	14	569
Price E. Dickson United States	14	238 0.9×	272 1.2×	45 0.5×	198 2.2×	63 0.8×	29	608

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaara Lefler

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Lefler, Yaara, et al.. (2020). Using subthreshold events to characterize the functional architecture of the electrically coupled inferior olive network. eLife. 9. 6 indexed citations

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Lefler, Yaara, Dario Campagner, & Tiago Branco. (2019). The role of the periaqueductal gray in escape behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 60. 115–121. 55 indexed citations

3.

Evans, Dominic A., A. Vanessa Stempel, Ruben Vale, et al.. (2018). A synaptic threshold mechanism for computing escape decisions. Nature. 558(7711). 590–594. 282 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lefler, Yaara, Yosef Yarom, & Marylka Yoe Uusisaari. (2014). Cerebellar Inhibitory Input to the Inferior Olive Decreases Electrical Coupling and Blocks Subthreshold Oscillations. Neuron. 81(6). 1389–1400. 89 indexed citations

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Lefler, Yaara, Benjamin Torben-Nielsen, & Yosef Yarom. (2013). Oscillatory activity, phase differences, and phase resetting in the inferior olivary nucleus. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 7. 22–22. 17 indexed citations

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Stern, Merav, Benjamin Torben-Nielsen, Yaara Lefler, Idan Segev, & Yosef Yarom. (2011). Modeling network phenomena in the Inferior Olive: I. Keeping track of time. BMC Neuroscience. 12(S1).

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Lefler, Yaara, et al.. (2011). Ataxia and the olivo-cerebellar module.. PubMed. 25(3). 129–33. 7 indexed citations

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Lefler, Yaara, et al.. (2007). Bulbospinal neurons of the rat rostromedial medulla are highly collateralized. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 506(6). 960–978. 18 indexed citations

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