Our publications


  • Donato F, “Assembling the brain from deep within”. Science. 2017 Oct 27; 358(6362):456-7.

  • Donato F, Jacobsen RI, Moser M-B, Moser EI, “Stellate cells drive the maturation of the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit”. Science. 2017 Mar 17; 355 (6330).

  • Donato F and Moser EI, “A world away from reality”. Nature. 2016 May 19;533(7603):324-5.

  • Karunakaran S*, Chowdhury A*, Donato F, Quairiaux C, Michel CM, Caroni P, “PV plasticity sustained through D1/5 dopamine signaling required for long-term memory consolidation”. Nature Neuroscience. 2016 Mar; 19(3):454-64.

  • Donato F*, Chowdhury A*, Lahr M, Caroni P,“Early and late-born parvalbumin basket cells subpopulations exhibiting distinct regulations and roles in learning”. Neuron. 2015 Feb;85(4):770-86.

  • Donato F, Rompani SB, Caroni P, “Parvalbumin-expressing basket-cell network plasticity induced by experience regulates adult learning”. Nature. 2013 Dec 12; 504(7479):272-6.

  • Ruediger S*, Spirig D*, Donato F* and Caroni P, “Goal-oriented searching mediated by ventral hippocampus in trial-and-error learning”. Nature Neuroscience. 2012 Sep 23;15(11):1563-71.

  • Caroni P, Donato F, and Muller D, “Structural plasticity upon learning: regulation and functions”. Nature Review Neuroscience. 2012 Jun 20;13(7):478-90.     

  • Degouchi Y*, Donato F*, Galimberti I*, Cabuy E and Caroni P, “Temporally matched subpopulations of selectively interconnected principal neurons in the hippocampus”. Nature Neuroscience. 2011 Apr 14(4):495-504.

  • Galimberti I*, Bednarek E*, Donato Fand Caroni P, “EphA4 signaling in juveniles establishes topographic specificity of structural plasticity in the hippocampus”. Neuron. 2010 Mar;65(5):627-42.