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Weizmann Institute of Science: Rehovot, IL

2021-02-01 to present | Postdoctoral fellow (Neurobiology)
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Lea Ankri

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Weizmann Institute of Science: Rehovot, IL

2015-07-01 to 2021-02-01 | PhD (Brain Sciences)
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Lea Ankri

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL

2012-10-01 to 2015-05-01 | Ms.c (Neurobiology)
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Lea Ankri

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL

2009-10-01 to 2012-10-01 | Bc.S (Biology and Psychology)
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Lea Ankri

Works (8)

Retinal ganglion cells encode the direction of motion outside their classical receptive field

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2025-01-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Serena Riccitelli; Hadar Yaakov; Alina S. Heukamp; Lea Ankri; Michal Rivlin-Etzion
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A new role for excitation in the retinal direction‐selective circuit

The Journal of Physiology
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Lea Ankri; Serena Riccitelli; Michal Rivlin‐Etzion
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Top-down modulation of the retinal code via histaminergic neurons of the hypothalamus

Science Advances
2024-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Rebekah A. Warwick; Serena Riccitelli; Alina S. Heukamp; Hadar Yaakov; Bani Prasad Swain; Lea Ankri; Jonathan Mayzel; Noa Gilead; Reut Parness-Yossifon; Stefano Di Marco et al.
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Seeing In a Changing World: How the Retina Responds to Changes in the Environment

Frontiers for Young Minds
2023-03-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-6846
Contributors: Michal Rivlin-Etzion; Lea Ankri
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Realistic retinal modeling unravels the differential role of excitation and inhibition to starburst amacrine cells in direction selectivity

PLOS Computational Biology
2021-12-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Elishai Ezra-Tsur; Jakob H. Macke; Oren Amsalem; Lea Ankri; Pritish Patil; Idan Segev; Michal Rivlin-Etzion
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Antagonistic Center-Surround Mechanisms for Direction Selectivity in the Retina

Cell Reports
2020-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2211-1247
Contributors: Lea Ankri; Elishai Ezra-Tsur; Shir R. Maimon; Nathali Kaushansky; Michal Rivlin-Etzion
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A novel inhibitory nucleo-cortical circuit controls cerebellar Golgi cell activity

eLife
2015-05-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
Contributors: Lea Ankri; Zoé Husson; Katarzyna Pietrajtis; Rémi Proville; Clément Léna; Yosef Yarom; Stéphane Dieudonné; Marylka Yoe Uusisaari
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Slice It Hot: Acute Adult Brain Slicing in Physiological Temperature

Journal of Visualized Experiments
2014-10-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1940-087X
Contributors: Lea Ankri; Yosef Yarom; Marylka Y. Uusisaari
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