Tamir Eliav
tamir-eliav.bsky.social
Tamir Eliav
@tamir-eliav.bsky.social
Neuro postdoc @mpiforbi.bsky.social (Vallentin lab): Sleep replay, vocal learning. Previously, PhD @Ulanovsky lab: bat hippocampus
Congratulations! That's great news
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you 🙏
June 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📄 Read our new paper here (free access):
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lG3hL7PXu...
RTs welcome 🙏
#Neuroscience #Memory #Replay #Sleep #Bats #Hippocampus
authors.elsevier.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This isn't about species differences!
When bats flew in a short tunnel, replays covered much larger fractions of space.
And key replay features — duration, compression ratio, co-occurrence with SW-ripples — were similar to rodents.
It’s the environment size that changes the game!
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This fragmentation wasn’t random:
🧠 Replays were biased toward meaningful events (landings, crossovers with other bats).
🔥 Suggests selective memory consolidation or chunking of memory.
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We recorded CA1 activity in bats flying in a 200m long tunnel🦇
💡Replays were short, fragmented snippets—covering only ~6% of the full flight experience.
Even though the bats flew continuously the entire long tunnel, replays during sleep or pauses recapitulated only chunks.
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Previous studies (in rodents in small environments) showed that the hippocampus replays entire past trajectories during rest.
But what happens when animals navigate natural-scale environments? 🏞️
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Tamir Eliav
See more on the PhD position [here](www.activesensingcollectives.com/openings/) - and am also happy to receive informal queries. Please re-post and share in your circles!
Openings | Active Sensing Collectives
www.activesensingcollectives.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM