Massimo Trusel, Ph.D.

 Featured Publications

Holistic motor control of zebra finch song syllable sequences.

Trusel M, Zuo J, Alam DH, Marks ES, Koch TMI, Cao J, Pancholi H, Zhao Z, Cooper BG, Zhang WH, Roberts TF, Nature 2026 Jan

Behavioral inflexibility through overtraining is mediated by reduced mGluR1/5 signaling capacity in the dorsolateral striatum.

Paget-Blanc V, Cavaccini A, Longaretti A, Nava L, Trusel M, Rocchi A, Pennuto M, Marcello E, Gardoni F, Greco B, Tonini R, PLoS Biol 2025 Jul 23 7 e3003288

Synaptic connectivity of sensorimotor circuits for vocal imitation in the songbird.

Trusel M, Zhao Z, Alam DH, Marks ES, Ikeda MZ, Roberts TF, Elife 2025 Jun 14

Acute Effects of the Psychedelic Phenethylamine 25I-NBOMe in C57BL/6J Male Mice.

Bilel S, Miliano C, Corli G, Bassi M, Trusel M, Tonini R, De Luca MA, Marti M, Int J Mol Sci 2025 Mar 26 6

Bidirectional synaptic changes in deep and superficial hippocampal neurons following in vivo activity.

Berndt M, Trusel M, Roberts TF, Pfeiffer BE, Volk LJ, Neuron 2023 Sep

Neural circuits: How the songbird brain orchestrates courtship displays.

Trusel M, Roberts TF, Curr Biol 2023 May 33 9 R351-R353

Stress undermines reward-guided cognitive performance through synaptic depression in the lateral habenula.

Nuno-Perez A, Trusel M, Lalive AL, Congiu M, Gastaldo D, Tchenio A, Lecca S, Soiza-Reilly M, Bagni C, Mameli M, Neuron 2021 03 109 6 947-956.e5

Autism-linked gene FoxP1 selectively regulates the cultural transmission of learned vocalizations.

Garcia-Oscos F, Koch TMI, Pancholi H, Trusel M, Daliparthi V, Co M, Park SE, Ayhan F, Alam DH, Holdway JE, Konopka G, Roberts TF, Sci Adv 2021 Feb 7 6

Memory circuits for vocal imitation.

Ikeda MZ, Trusel M, Roberts TF, Curr Opin Neurobiol 2020 02 60 37-46

Opposite responses to aversive stimuli in lateral habenula neurons.

Congiu M, Trusel M, Pistis M, Mameli M, Lecca S, Eur. J. Neurosci. 2019 Mar