Publications
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Koukouli F*, Zhang CL*, Lazarevich I, Rooy M, Lamotte d’Incamps B, Gaspar Santos D, Pons S, Peixoto J, Thiberge C, Nikolakopoulou I, Changeux JP, Bacci A, Gutkin BS, Schmidt-Hieber C#, Maskos U# (2025) “The alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates network dysfunction in a mouse model of local amyloid pathology” Mol Psychiatry 2025 Sep 23. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-03241-4. Online ahead of print. *Co-first authors; #Co-senior, corresponding authors
Morabito A*, Zerlaut Y*, Dhanasobhon D, Berthaux E, Tzilivaki A, Moneron G, Cathala L, Poirazi P, Bacci A#, DiGregorio DA#, Lourenço J#, Rebola N# (2025) “Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex” Neuron 113(18):2962-2978.e10. *Co-first authors; #Co-senior, corresponding authors
De Stasi AM, Zorrilla de San Martín J, Soto NN, Aguirre A, Olusakin J, Lourenço J, Gaspar P, Bacci A (2025) “Alterations of adult prefrontal circuits induced by early postnatal fluoxetine treatment mediated by 5-HT7 receptors “ J. Neurosci. 45(6):e2393232024.
- Soto NN, Gaspar P, Bacci A (2024) “Not just a mood disorder- Is depression a neurodevelopmental, cognitive disorder? Focus on prefronto-thalamic circuits” ACS Chem. Neurosci. 15(8):1611-1618.
- Donato C, Balduino Victorino D, Cabezas C, Aguirre A, Lourenço A, Potier MC, Zorrilla de San Martín J, Bacci A. (2023) “Pharmacological signature and target-specificity of inhibitory circuits formed by Martinotti cells in the mouse barrel cortex” J. Neurosci. 43(1):14-27.
- Koukouli F*, Montmerle M*, Aguirre A, De Brito Van Velze M, Peixoto J, Choudhary V, Varilh M, Julio-Kalajzic F, Allene C, Mendéz P, Zerlaut Y, Marsicano G, Schlüter OM, Rebola N, Bacci A# and Lourenço J#.(2022) “Visual area-specific tonic modulation of GABA release by endocannabinoids sets the activity and coordination of neocortical principal neurons”. Cell Reports, 40, 111202 *equal authorship, # Co-senior, corresponding authors.
- Bossi S, Dhanasobhon D, Ellis-Davies G, Frontera J, de Brito Van Velze M, Lourenço J, Murillo A, Luján R, Casado M, Perez-Otaño I, Bacci A, Popa D, Paoletti P and Rebola N (2022) “GluN3A excitatory glycine receptors control adult cortical and amygdalar circuits” Neuron S0896-6273(22)00457-3
- Lourenço J, Koukouli F, Bacci A (2020) “Synaptic inhibition in the neocortex: orchestration and computation through canonical circuits and variations on the theme” Cortex 32:258-280. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.08.015.
- Zorrilla de San Martin J.*, Donato C., Peixoto J., Aguirre A., Choudhary V., De Stasi A.M., Lourenço J., Potier M.C.*, Bacci A.* (2020) “Alterations of specific cortical GABAergic circuits underlie abnormal network activity in a mouse model of Down syndrome”. eLife PMID:32783810. (* co-corresponding authors).
- Lourenço J., De Stasi A.M., Deleuze C., Bigot M., Antonio Pazienti A., Aguirre A., Giugliano M., Ostojic S., Bacci A., (2020) ”Modulation of coordinated activity across cortical layers by plasticity of inhibitory synapses”. Cell Reports 2019.12.052. PMID: 31968242.
- Deleuze C, Bhumbra GS, Pazienti A, Lourenço J, Mailhes, C, Aguirre A, Beato M*, Bacci A* (2019) “Strong preference for autaptic self-connectivity of neocortical PV interneurons facilitates their tuning to γ-oscillations” PLoS Biol. 2019 Sep 4;17(9):e3000419 (*Co-senior authors)
- Teissier A., Le Magueresse C., Olusakin J., Andrade da Costa B.L.S., De Stasi A.M., Bacci A., Imamura Kawasawa Y., Vaidya V.A., Gaspar P. (2019) ”Early-life stress impairs postnatal oligodendrogenesis and adult emotional behaviour through activity-dependent mechanisms’’. Mol Psychiatry PMID: 31439936.
- Faini G., Aguirre A., Landi S., Lamers D., Pizzorusso T., Ratto G.M., Deleuze C., Bacci A. (2018) “Perineuronal nets control visual input via thalamic recruitment of cortical PV interneurons”. eLife 7:e41520.
- Zorrilla de San Martin J, Delabar JM, Bacci A, Potier MC. (2017) “GABAergic over-inhibition, a promising hypothesis for cognitive deficits in Down syndrome“. Free Radic Biol Med Oct 7. S0891-5849(17)30785-.
- Parada I, Shen F, Gu F, Li J, Bacci A, Graber K, Scalise K, Wenzel J, Schwartzkroin P, Prince DA (2017) “Structural Alterations in Fast-Spiking GABAergic Interneurons in Posttraumatic Neocortical Epileptogenesis” Neurobiol. Dis. 108: 100-114
- Lourenço J, Bacci A (2017) “Human-specific cortical synaptic connections and their plasticity: is that what makes us human?” PLoS Biol. 15(1):e2001378
- Baptista S, Lourenço J, Milhazes N, Borges F, Silva AP, Bacci A (2016) “Chronic treatment with low doses of methamphetamine promotes neuronal differentiation and strengthens long-term potentiation of glutamatergic synapses onto dentate granule neurons” eNeuro 3(3). pii: ENEURO.0141-16
- De Stasi A.M., Farisello P., Marcon I., Cavallari S., Forli A., Vecchia D., Losi G, Mantegazza M., Panzeri S., Carmignoto G., Bacci A.*, Fellin T.* (2016) ”Unaltered network activity and interneuronal firing during spontaneous cortical dynamics in vivo in a mouse model of Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy”. Cerebral Cortex pii: bhw002 (*Co-senior authors).
- Allene C, Lourenço J, Bacci A (2015) “The neuronal identity bias behind neocortical GABAergic plasticity” Trends in Neurosci. 9: 524-534.
- Barberis A, Bacci A (2015) “Editorial: Plasticity of GABAergic synapses” Front Cell Neurosci. 9:262.
- Lourenço J, Pacioni S, Rebola N, van Woerden GM, Marinelli S, DiGregorio D, Bacci A. (2014) “Non-associative potentiation of perisomatic inhibition alters the temporal coding of neocortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons”. PLoS Biology Jul 8;12(7):e1001903. PMID: 25003184.
- Deleuze C, Pazienti A, Bacci A (2014) “Autaptic self-inhibition of cortical GABAergic neurons: synaptic narcissism or useful introspection?” Curr. Opinion Neurobiol. 26C:64-71
- Antonucci F, Corradini I, Morini R, Fossati G, Menna E, Pozzi D, Pacioni S, Verderio C, Bacci A, Matteoli M (2013) “Reduced SNAP-25 alters short-term plasticity at developing glutamatergic synapses” EMBO Rep. 14:645-51.
- Méndez P, Pazienti A, Szabó G, Bacci A. (2012) “Direct alteration of a specific inhibitory circuit of the hippocampus by antidepressants”. J Neurosci 32:16616-28.
- Méndez P, Bacci A (2011) “Assortment of GABAergic plasticity in the cortical interneuron melting pot.” Neural Plasticity. 2011:976856.
- D’Amelio M, Cavallucci V, Middei S, Marchetti C, Pacioni S, Ferri A, Diamantini A, De Zio D, Carrara P, Battistini L, Moreno S, Bacci A, Ammassari-Teule M, Marie H, Cecconi F (2011) “Caspase-3 triggers early synaptic dysfunction in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease”. Nature Neurosci 14:69-76.
- Manseau F, Marinelli S, Méndez P, Schwaller B, Prince DA, Huguenard JR, Bacci A (2010) “Desynchronization of neocortical networks by asynchronous release of GABA at autaptic and synaptic contacts from fast-spiking interneurons”. PLoS Biology. 8:e1000492
- Marinelli S, Pacioni S, Cannich A, Marsicano G, Bacci A. (2009) “Self-modulation of neocortical pyramidal neurons by endocannabinoids” Nature Neurosci 12:1488-90.
- Marinelli S, Pacioni S, Bisogno T, Di Marzo V, Prince DA, Huguenard JR, Bacci A (2008) “The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol is responsible for the slow self-inhibition in neocortical interneurons”. J Neurosci 28:13532-41
- Farioli-Vecchioli S, Saraulli D, Costanzi M, Pacioni S, Cinà I, Aceti M, Micheli L, Bacci A, Cestari V, Tirone F (2008) “The timing of differentiation of adult hippocampal neurons is crucial for spatial memory”. PLoS Biology 6: e246
- Bacci A, Huguenard JR. (2006) “Enhancement of spike-timing precision by autaptic transmission in neocortical inhibitory interneurons” Neuron 49:119-30.
- Bacci A, Huguenard JR, Prince DA. (2005) “Modulation of neocortical interneurons: extrinsic influences and exercises in self-control”. Trends in Neurosci. 28:602-611.
- Bacci A, Huguenard JR, Prince DA. (2004) “Long-lasting self-inhibition of neocortical interneurons mediated by endocannabinoids”. Nature 431:312-316.
- Bacci A, Rudolph U, Huguenard JR, Prince DA. (2003) “Major differences in inhibitory synaptic transmission onto two neocortical interneuron subclasses”. J. Neurosci. 23:9664-9674.
- Bacci A, Huguenard JR, Prince DA (2003) “Functional autaptic neurotransmission in fast-spiking interneurons: a novel form of feedback inhibition in the neocortex”. J. Neurosci. 23: 859-66.
- Bacci A, Huguenard JR, Prince DA (2002) “Differential modulation of synaptic transmission by neuropeptide Y in rat neocortical neurons”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (U.S.A.) 99: 17125-30.
- Bacci A, Verderio C, Sancini G, Fesce R, Franceschetti S, Matteoli M (2002) “Block of glutamate-glutamine cycle between astrocytes and neurons inhibits epileptiform activity in hippocampus” J. Neurophysiol. 88: 2302-10.
- Kumar SS, Bacci A, Kharazia V, Huguenard JR. (2002) “A developmental switch of AMPA receptor subunits in neocortical pyramidal neurons”. J Neurosci. 22:3005-15.
- Armano S, Coco S, Bacci A, Pravettoni E, Schenk U, Verderio C, Varoqui H, Erickson JD, Matteoli M. (2002) “Localization and functional relevance of system a neutral amino acid transporters in cultured hippocampal neurons”. J Biol Chem. 277:10467-73.
- Bacci A, Coco S, Pravettoni E, Schenk U, Armano S, Frassoni C, Verderio C, De Camilli P, Matteoli M. (2001) “Chronic blockade of glutamate receptors enhances presynaptic release and downregulates the interaction between synaptophysin-synaptobrevin-vesicle-associated membrane protein 2”. J Neurosci. 21:6588-96.
- Pravettoni E, Bacci A, Coco S, Forbicini P, Matteoli M, Verderio C. (2000) “Different localizations and functions of L-type and N-type calcium channels during development of hippocampal neurons”. Dev. Biol. 227:581-94.
- Verderio C, Coco S, Pravettoni E, Bacci A, Matteoli M. (1999) “Synaptogenesis in hippocampal cultures”. Cell Mol Life Sci. 55:1448-62.
- Verderio C, Bacci A, Coco S, Pravettoni E, Fumagalli G, Matteoli M. (1999) “Astrocytes are required for the oscillatory activity in cultured hippocampal neurons”. Eur J Neurosci. 11:2793-800.
- Verderio C, Coco S, Bacci A, Rossetto O, De Camilli P, Montecucco C, Matteoli M. (1999) “Tetanus toxin blocks the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles clustered at synapses but not of synaptic vesicles in isolated axons”. J Neurosci. 19:6723-32.
- Bacci A, Verderio C, Pravettoni E, Matteoli M. (1999) “The role of glial cells in synaptic function”. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 354:403-9.
- Bacci A, Verderio C, Pravettoni E, Matteoli M. (1999) “Synaptic and intrinsic mechanisms shape synchronous oscillations in hippocampal neurons in culture”. Eur J Neurosci. 11:389-97.
- Guatteo E, Franceschetti S, Bacci A, Avanzini G, Wanke E. (1996) “A TTX-sensitive conductance underlying burst firing in isolated pyramidal neurons from rat neocortex”. Brain Res. 741:1-12.
- Guatteo E, Bacci A, Franceschetti S, Avanzini G, Wanke E. (1994) “Neurons dissociated from neocortex fire with ‘burst’ and ‘regular’ trains of spikes”. Neurosci Lett. 175:117-20.