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Pico Caroni publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pico Caroni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 130 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Pico Caroni D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pico Caroni sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pico Caroni is affiliated with the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Switzerland and specializes in neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their research addresses several interconnected areas within neuroscience, including memory and neural mechanisms, neuropharmacology, genetics related to neurodevelopmental disorders, and neuroplasticity.

The main fields of study for Caroni's research include:

  • Neuroscience

Within this broad field, subfields of study encompass:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology

The research topics frequently addressed are:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Caroni has contributed to several papers in well-known journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling," 2022, Neuron
  • "Circuit mechanisms of navigation strategy learning in mice," 2023, Current Biology
  • "Selective vulnerability of the ventral hippocampus-prelimbic cortex axis parvalbumin interneuron network underlies learning deficits of fragile X mice," 2024, Cell Reports
  • "Strategy updating mediated by specific retrosplenial-parafascicular-basal ganglia networks," 2022, Current Biology
  • "Protocol to investigate the gradual selection and deployment of goal-oriented search strategies during unsupervised navigation in mice," 2024, STAR Protocols

Frequent publication venues for Caroni's work include:

  • Neuron
  • Cell Reports
  • Current Biology
  • STAR Protocols
  • Nature

Caroni collaborates regularly with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Sergio Valbuena
  • Komal Bhandari
  • Flavio Donato
  • Martina Parrini
  • Maria Spolidoro

Best Publications

  • Regulation of actin dynamics through phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase

    Silvia Arber;Freda A. Barbayannis;Hartwig Hanser;Corinna Schneider

  • Antibody against myelin-associated inhibitor of neurite growth neutralizes nonpermissive substrate properties of CNS white matter

    Pico Caroni;Martin E. Schwab

  • MLP-Deficient Mice Exhibit a Disruption of Cardiac Cytoarchitectural Organization, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Failure

    Silvia Arber;John J Hunter;John Ross;Minoru Hongo

  • Early and selective loss of neuromuscular synapse subtypes with low sprouting competence in motoneuron diseases.

    Dunja Frey;Corinna Schneider;Lan Xu;Jacques Borg

  • Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure

    Nadine Gogolla;Pico Caroni;Andreas Lüthi;Cyril Herry

  • Overexpression of the neural growth-associated protein GAP-43 induces nerve sprouting in the adult nervous system of transgenic mice.

    Ludwig Aigner;Silvia Arber;Josef P. Kapfhammer;Thorsten Laux

  • Parvalbumin-expressing basket-cell network plasticity induced by experience regulates adult learning

    Flavio Donato;Santiago Belluco Rompani;Pico Caroni

  • Neuropathology in Mice Expressing Human α-Synuclein

    Herman van der Putten;Karl-Heinz Wiederhold;Alphonse Probst;Samuel Barbieri

  • Selective vulnerability and pruning of phasic motoneuron axons in motoneuron disease alleviated by CNTF

    San Pun;Alexandre Ferrão Santos;Smita Saxena;Lan Xu

  • A role for motoneuron subtype-selective ER stress in disease manifestations of FALS mice.

    Smita Saxena;Erik Cabuy;Pico Caroni

  • Structural plasticity upon learning: regulation and functions

    Pico Caroni;Flavio Donato;Dominique Muller

  • Selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases: from stressor thresholds to degeneration.

    Smita Saxena;Pico Caroni

  • Accumulation of SOD1 Mutants in Postnatal Motoneurons Does Not Cause Motoneuron Pathology or Motoneuron Disease

    Maria Maddalena Lino;Corinna Schneider;Pico Caroni

  • Muscle LIM protein, a novel essential regulator of myogenesis, promotes myogenic differentiation

    Silvia Arber;Georg Halder;Pico Caroni

  • Spinal axon regeneration evoked by replacing two growth cone proteins in adult neurons.

    Howard M. Bomze;Ketan R. Bulsara;Bermans J. Iskandar;Pico Caroni

  • Cell Type-Specific Structural Plasticity of Axonal Branches and Boutons in the Adult Neocortex

    Vincenzo De Paola;Anthony Holtmaat;Graham Knott;Sen Song

  • Shared and Unique Roles of Cap23 and Gap43 in Actin Regulation, Neurite Outgrowth, and Anatomical Plasticity

    Dunja Frey;Thorsten Laux;Lan Xu;Corinna Schneider

  • An ATP-dependent Ca2+-pumping system in dog heart sarcolemma

    Pico Caroni;Ernesto Carafoli

  • Mechanisms of axon degeneration: from development to disease

    Smita Saxena;Pico Caroni

  • Neuroprotection through Excitability and mTOR Required in ALS Motoneurons to Delay Disease and Extend Survival

    Smita Saxena;Francesco Roselli;Katyayani Singh;Kerstin Leptien

  • Specificity of single LIM motifs in targeting and LIM/LIM interactions in situ.

    S Arber;P Caroni

  • Peripheral nervous system defects in erbB2 mutants following genetic rescue of heart development

    Masresha T. Woldeyesus;Stefan Britsch;Dieter Riethmacher;Lan Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia Arber
Silvia Arber University of Basel
Markus A. Rüegg
Markus A. Rüegg University of Basel
Dominique Muller
Dominique Muller University of Geneva
Beat H. Gähwiler
Beat H. Gähwiler University of Zurich
Stephan Eliez
Stephan Eliez University of Geneva
Joshua R. Sanes
Joshua R. Sanes Harvard University
Christoph M. Michel
Christoph M. Michel University of Geneva
Andreas Lüthi
Andreas Lüthi Friedrich Miescher Institute
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Ludwig Aigner
Ludwig Aigner Paracelsus Medical University

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