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(2023) Ciani C., Pistorio G., Mearelli M., Falcone C.* “An immunofluorescence protocol applicable across mammalian model and non-model organisms”. STAR Protocols (*corresponding author) (Epub Aug 2023)

(2023) Charvet C., Ofori K., Falcone C., Rigby-Dames B. A. “Transcriptomics, connectomics, and organoids translate time across the lifespan of humans and great apes” (2023). PNAS Nexus (Epub July 2023)

(2023) Hong T., McBride E. L., Dufour B., Falcone C., Thuy Doan M. T., Noctor S.C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “Synaptic boutons are smaller in chandelier cell cartridges in autism” (2023). PLoS ONE. Apr 25;18(4):e0281477

(2023) Falcone C.* “Evolution of Astrocytes: From invertebrates to vertebrates” (2022), invited review for the special issue “Cell Biology of Brain Development and Evolution” in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. Aug 15;10:931311 (*corresponding author)

(2023) Santo M., Rigoldi L., Falcone C., Tuccillo M., Calabrese M., Martínez-Cerdeño V., Mallamaci A. “Spatial control of astrogenesis progression by cortical genes”, accepted at Cerebral Cortex

(2022) Falcone C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “Astrocytes evolution and human specificity”, Neural Regeneration Research, Epub 2022, June

(2022) Vakilzadeh G., Falcone C., Dufour B., Hong T., Martínez-Cerdeño V., “Decreased number and increased activation state of astrocytes in grey and white matter of the prefrontal cortex in ASD”, Cerebral Cortex, Epub 2022, January

(2021) Falcone C., McBride E. L., Hof P. R., Hopkins W. D., Manger P., Sherwood C. C., Noctor S. C., Martinez-Cerdeño V. “Redefining varicose-projection astrocytes in primates”, Glia, Epub 2021, September

(2021) Falcone C.*, Mevises N. Y.*, Hong T., Dufour B., Chen X., Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. (* Equally contributing authors) “Neuronal and glial cell number is altered in a cortical layer-specific manner in autism”, Autism, Epub 2021, April

(2021) Amina S.,  Falcone C., Hong T., Wolf-Ochoa M., Vakilzadeh G., Allen E., Perez Castro R., Karger M., Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “The number of chandelier cartridges is reduced in the prefrontal cortex in autism”, Cerebral Cortex, Epub 2021, February

(2020) Falcone C., Penna E., Hong T., Tarantal A. F., Hof P. R., Hopkins W. D., Sherwood C. C., Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “Cortical interlaminar astrocytes are generated prenatally, mature postnatally and express unique markers in human and nonhuman primates” Cerebral Cortex, Epub Sept 2020

(2020)  Hong T., Falcone C., Dufour B., Amina S., Perez Castro R., Regalado J., Pearson W., Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “GABAARα2  is decreased in the axon initial segment of pyramidal cells in specific areas of the prefrontal cortex in autism”, Neuroscience, Epub 2020, April

(2019) Falcone C., Vakilzadeh G., Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “Fundamental building blocks of cortical development are established in exencephaly”, Pediatric Research, Epub 2019, December

(2019) Falcone C., Santo M., Liuzzi G., Cannizzaro N., Grudina C., Valencic E., Peruzzotti-Jametti L., Pluchino S., Mallamaci A.   “Foxg1 antagonizes neocortical stem cell progression to astrogenesis” Cerebral Cortex, Epub 2019, March 1

(2018) Falcone C., Wolf-Ochoa M., Amina S., Hong T., Vakilzadeh G., Hopkins W. D., Hof P., Sherwood C., Manger P. R.,    Noctor S. C., Martínez-Cerdeño V. “Cortical interlaminar astrocytes across the therian mammal radiation” Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2019 Jul 1;527(10):1654-1674, Epub 2018, December 14

(2016) Falcone C., Daga A., Leanza G., Mallamaci A.  “Emx2 as a novel tool to suppress glioblastoma” Oncotarget 2016, May, Vol.7, No. 27.

(2015) Falcone C.and Mallamaci A. “Tuning of neocortical astrogenesis rates by Emx2” Neural Regeneration Research 2015 Apr; 10(4):550- 551.

(2014) Falcone C., Filippis C., Granzotto M., Mallamaci A. “Emx2 expression levels in NSCs modulate astrogenesis rates by regulating EgfR and Fgf9.” Glia 2015 Mar;63(3):412-22. Epub 2014 Oct 18