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2021    Riyahi P, Phillips MA and Colonnese MT.  Input-independent homeostasis of developing thalamocortical activity.  eNeuro

DOI:  10.1523/ENEURO.0184-21.2021

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2021    Tikidji-Hamburyan R and Colonnese MT.  Polynomial, piecewise-Linear, Step (PLS): a simple, scalable and efficient framework for modeling neurons. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 

DOI:  10.3389/fninf.2021.642933

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2020    Murata Y and Colonnese MT.    GABAergic interneurons excite neonatal hippocampus in vivo.  Science Advances 6 (24), eaba1430

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1430

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2020    Romagnoni A, Colonnese M, Touboul J, Gutkin B.  Progressive alignment of inhibitory and excitatory delay may drive a rapid developmental switch in cortical network dynamics.   J Neurophysiology 123 (5): 

https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00402.2019

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2018    Murata Y and Colonnese MT.  Thalamus controls development and expression of arousal states in visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 38 (41) 8772-8786

doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1519-18.2018

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2017    Colonnese MT, Shen J, and Murata Y.  Uncorrelated neural firing in mouse visual cortex during spontaneous retinal waves.  Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience  

doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00289

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2016    Shen J and Colonnese MT.  Development of activity in the mouse visual cortex.                   Journal of Neuroscience 36:  12259-12275

doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1903-16.2016

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2016    Murata Y and Colonnese MT.  An excitatory cortical feedback loop gates retinal wave transmission in rodent thalamus.  eLife 2016;5:e18816

eLIFE Insight by JM Fogerson and JR Huguenard:  Catching a wave.  eLife 2016;5:e21236

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2016    Berzhanskaya J, Phillips MA, Shen J, Colonnese MT.  Sensory hypo-excitability in a rat model of fetal development in Fragile X syndrome.  Sci Reports doi:  10.1038/srep30769.

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2016    Berzhanskaya J, Phillips MA, Gorin A, Lai C, Shen J, Colonnese MT. Disrupted cortical state regulation in a rat model of Fragile X syndrome.  Cerebral Cortex doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv331.

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2015    Pelkey KA, Barksdale E, Craig MT, Yua X, Sukumaran M, Vargish GA, Mitchell RM, Wyeth MS, Petralia RS, Karlsson RM, Cameron HA, Murata Y, Colonnese MT, Worley PF, McBain CJ. Pentraxins coordinate excitatory synapse maturation and circuit integration of parvalbumin interneurons.  Neuron 85:1257-1272.

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2014    Colonnese MT.  

Rapid developmental emergence of stable depolarization during wakefulness by inhibitory balancing of cortical network excitability.  Journal of Neuroscience 34(16):  5477-85.

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2013    Chipaux M, Colonnese MT, Mauguen A, Fellous L, Mokhtari M, et al. Auditory Stimuli Mimicking Ambient Sounds Drive Temporal “Delta-Brushes” in Premature Infants. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79028. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079028

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2011    Minleabev M*, Colonnese M*, Tsintsadze T, Sirota A, Khazipov R. Early gamma oscillations synchronize developing thalamus and cortex. Science 334(6053):  226-9. 

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2011    Phillips MA, Colonnese MT, Goldberg J, Lewis LD, Brown EN, Constantine-Paton M.  A synaptic strategy for consolidation of convergent visuotopic maps.  Neuron 71(4):  710-24.

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2010    Colonnese MT, Kaminska A, Minleabev M, Milh M, Lescure S, Moriette G, Chiron C, Ben-Ari Y, Khazipov R. A conserved switch in sensory processing prepares developing neocortex for vision. Neuron 67(3):  480-98.

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2010    Colonnese MT and Khazipov R. 'Slow activity transients' in infant rat visual cortex:  A spreading synchronous oscillation patterned by retinal waves.  J Neurosci. 30(12):  4325-37.

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2008    Colonnese MT, Phillips MA, Constantine-Paton M, Kaila K, Jasanoff A. Development of hemodynamic responses and functional connectivity in rat somatosensory cortex.  

Nat Neuroscience 11(1): 72-9.

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2006    Colonnese MT, Constantine-Paton M. Developmental period for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent synapse elimination correlated with visuotopic map refinement. J Comp Neurol 494(5):  738-51.

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2005    Colonnese MT, Zhao JS, Constantine-Paton M. NMDA Receptor currents suppress synapse formation on sprouting axons in vivo.  J Neurosci 25(5):  1291-303.

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2003    Colonnese MT, Shi J, Constantine-Paton M. Chronic NMDA receptor blockade from birth delays the maturation of NMDA currents, but does not effect AMPA/Kainate currents. J Neurophysiol 89: 57-68.

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2001    Colonnese MT, Constantine-Paton M.  Chronic NMDA receptor blockade from birth increases the sprouting capacity of ipsilateral retinocollicular axons without disrupting their early segregation.     J Neurosci 21:  1557-1568.

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2000    Aamodt SM, Shi J, Colonnese MT, Veras W, Constantine-Paton M. Chronic NMDA exposure accelerates development of GABAergic inhibition in the Superior Colliculus.

J Neurophysiol 83:  1580-1591.

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1996    Colonnese MT, Stallman EL, Berridge KC.  Ontogeny of action syntax in altricial and precocial rodents:  Grooming sequences of rat and guinea pig pups. Behaviour 133:  1165-1195.

2021    Colonnese MT, Y Murata, MA Phillips.  A new role for visual experience in top-down cortical development.  Neuron  doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.10.012

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2018    Murata Y and Colonnese MT.  Thalamic inhibitory circuits and network development.  Brain Research    doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2018.10.024

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2018    Colonnese MT and Phillips MA.  Thalamocortical function in developing sensory circuits.  Current Opinions in Neurobiology  doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.04.019

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2013    Khazipov R, Colonnese M, Minlebaev M. Neonatal Cortical Rhythms in: Neural Circuit Development and Function in the Brain. Academic Press; Eds., Rubenstein J, Rakic P.

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2012    Colonnese M and Khazipov R. Spontaneous activity in developing sensory circuits:  Implications for resting state fMRI.  Neuroimage 62(4):  2212-21. 

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2004    Colonnese MT and Constantine-Paton M. NMDA Receptors and Neuronal Plasticity in:  Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 3rd Edition, Eds., Adelman G, Smith BH.  CD-ROM and website

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