Our publications
- Social functioning predicts individual changes in EEG microstates following intranasal oxytocin administration: A double-blind, cross-over randomized clinical trial. Tomescu MI, Van der Donck S, Perisanu EM, Berceanu AI, Alaerts K, Boets B, Carcea I. Psychophysiology. 2024 Aug;61(8):e14581. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14581. Epub 2024 Apr 9. PMID: 38594888.
- Personality Moderates Intra-Individual Variability in EEG Microstates and Spontaneous Thoughts. Tomescu MI, Papasteri C, Sofonea A, Berceanu AI, Carcea I. Brain Topogr. 2024 Jul;37(4):524-535. doi: 10.1007/s10548-023-01019-x. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 38038786; PMCID: PMC11199214.
- Neural Networks Implicated in Autobiographical Memory Training. Cȋrneci D, Onu M, Papasteri CC, Georgescu D, Poalelungi C, Sofonea A, Puşcaşu N, Tanase D, Rădeanu T, Toader MY, Dogaru AL, Podină IR, Berceanu AI, Carcea I. eNeuro. 2022 Nov 30;9(6):ENEURO.0137-22.2022. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0137-22.2022. PMID: 36411054; PMCID: PMC9718351.
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Spontaneous thought and microstate activity modulation by social imitation.
- Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of maternal behavior. Ioana Carcea, Naomi López Caraballo, Bianca J. Marlin, Rumi Ooyama, Justin S. Riceberg, Joyce M. Mendoza Navarro, Maya Opendak, Veronica E. Diaz, Luisa Schuster, Maria I. Alvarado Torres, Harper Lethin, Daniel Ramos, Jessica Minder, Sebastian L. Mendoza, Chloe J. Bair-Marshall, Grace H. Samadjopoulos, Shizu Hidema, Annegret Falkner, Dayu Lin, Adam Mar, Youssef Z. Wadghiri, Katsuhiko Nishimori, Takefumi Kikusui, Kazutaka Mogi, Regina M. Sullivan & Robert C. Froemke (Nature, 2021)
- Social Feedback During Sensorimotor Synchronization Changes Salivary Oxytocin and Behavioral States. Papasteri C., Sofonea A., Boldasu R., Poalelungi C., Tomescu M.I., Pistol C.A.D., Vasilescu R.I., Nedelcea C, Podina I.R., Berceanu, A.I., Froemke R.C. and Carcea I. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2020)
- Spike-timing-dependent ensemble encoding by non-classically responsive cortical neurons. Insanally MN, Carcea I, Field RE, Rodgers CC, DePasquale B, Rajan K, DeWeese MR, Albanna BF, Froemke RC. (Elife, 2019)
- Biological mechanisms for observational learning, Carcea I and Froemke RC (Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2018)
- Oxytocin transforms firing mode of CA2 hippocmpal neurons, Tirko NT, Eyring KW, Carcea I, Mitre M, Chao MV, Froemke RC, Tsien RW (Neuron 2018)
- Locus coeruleus activation accelerates perceptual learning, Glennon E, Carcea I, Martins ARO, Multani J, Shehu I, Svirsky MA, Froemke RC (Brain Res. 2018)
- Dynamics of auditory cortical activity during behavioural engagement and auditory perception. Carcea I, Insanally MN, Froemke RC (Nat Commun. 2017)
- Food restriction induces synaptic incorporation of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors in nucleus accumbens.Ouyang J, Carcea I, Schiavo JK, Jones KT, Rabinowitsch A, Kolaric R, Cabeza de Vaca S, Froemke RC, Carr KD. (Eur J. Neurosci. 2017)
- Visualizing and Characterizing Semaphorin Endocytic Events Using Quantum Dot-Conjugated Proteins. Carcea I, Benson DL.
- Maturation of cortical circuits requires Semaphorin 7A. Carcea I, Patil SB, Robison AJ, Mesias R, Huntsman MM, Froemke RC, Buxbaum JD, Huntley GW, Benson DL.(PNAS 2014)
- Cortical plasticity, excitatory-inhibitory balance, and sensory perception. Carcea I, Froemke RC (Prog Brain Res. 2013)
- Long-term modification of cortical synapses improves sensory perception. Froemke RC, Carcea I, Barker AJ, Yuan K, Seybold BA, Martins AR, Zaika N, Bernstein H, Wachs M, Levis PA, Polley DB, Merzenich MM, Schreiner CE. (Nat. Neurosci. 2013)
- L1 cell adhesion molecule promotes resistance to alcohol-induced silencing of growth cone responses to guidance cues. Sepulveda B, Carcea I, Zhao B, Salton SR, Benson DL. (Neuroscience. 2011)
- Flotillin-mediated endocytic events dictate cell type-specific responses to semaphorin 3A. Carcea I, Ma’ayan A, Mesias R, Sepulveda B, Salton SR, Benson DL.(J Neurosci. 2010)
- ERM proteins regulate growth cone responses to Sema3A. Mintz CD, Carcea I, McNickle DG, Dickson TC, Ge Y, Salton SR, Benson DL. (J Comp Neurol. 2008)