Julie M. Lefort

Interpreting wide-band neural activity using convolutional neural networks

This paper develops a deep-learning framework to decode sensory and behavioural variables from wide-band neural data with minimal user input and generalization across stimuli and brain regions.

Dissociation of fear initiation and maintenance by breathing-driven prefrontal oscillations

This study shows that breathing-driven prefrontal oscillations sustain fear maintenance in mice without affecting its initiation.

Hippocampal place cells encode global location but not changes in environmental connectivity in a 4-room navigation task

Improved sleep scoring in mice reveals human-like stages.

This paper introduces a new classification of NREM sleep stages in mice, revealing human-like stages and their association with neuronal activity changes.

Harnessing sleep/wake state tracking by olfactory bulb oscillations to perform fully brain-based sleep scoring in mice

This paper develops a brain-based sleep scoring method using olfactory bulb and hippocampal oscillations in mice, achieving high accuracy comparable to EMG and video tracking.