Pubblications

 

2023  
  Giordano N, Alia, C, Fruzzetti L, Pasquini M, Palla G, Mazzoni A, Micera S, Fogassi L, Bonini L, Caleo M. Fast-spiking interneurons of the premotor cortex contribute to initiation and execution of spontaneous actions. J Neurosci, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0750-22.2023  
  Bonini L, Rotunno C, Arcuri E, Gallese V. The mirror mechanism: linking perception and social interaction. TICS, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.010  
   
2022

 
Bonini L, Rotunno C, Arcuri E, Gallese V. Mirror neurons 30 years later: implications and applications. TICS, 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.003.
   
2021

 
Albertini D, Lanzilotto M, Maranesi M, Bonini L. Largely shared neural codes for biological and nonbiological observed movements but not for executed actions in monkey premotor areasJournal of neurophysiology, 2021 doi.org/10.1152/jn.00296.2021.
Orban GA, Sepe A, Bonini L. Parietal maps of visual signals for bodily action planningBrain Struct Funct, 2021 Sep 10. doi:10.1007/s00429-021-02378-6.
Ferroni CG, Albertini D, Lanzilotto M, Livi A, Maranesi M, Bonini L. Local and system mechanisms for action execution and observation in parietal and premotor corticesCurrent Biology, 2021 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.034.
Orban GA, Lanzilotto M, Bonini L. From observed action identity to social affordancesTrends Cogn Sci., 2021 Mar 18;S1364-6613(21)00056-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.02.012.
Gerbella M, Borra E, Pothof F, Lanzilotto M, Livi A, Fogassi L, Paul O, Orban GA, Ruther P, Bonini L. Histological assessment of a chronically implanted cylindrically-shaped, polymer-based neural probe in the monkeyJ. Neural Eng. 2021 Jan 18. 18 024001. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/abdd11.
   
2020

 
Lanzilotto M, Maranesi M, Livi A, Ferroni CG, Orban GA, Bonini L. Stable readout of observed actions from format-dependent activity of monkey’s anterior intraparietal neuronsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 Sep 24. 117(28):16596-16605. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007018117.
Albertini D, Gerbella M, Lanzilotto M, Livi A, Maranesi M, Ferroni CG, Bonini L. Connectional gradients underlie functional transitions in monkey pre-supplementary motor areaProg Neurobiol, January 2020, Vol. 184, 101699. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101699.
   
2019

 
Bonini L. Refinement tecniques in non-human primate neuroscientfic researchAnn Ist Super Sanità, 2019 | Vol. 55, No. 4: 408-412. doi: 0.4415/ANN_19_04_18.
Maranesi M, Bruni S, Livi A, Donnarumma F, Pezzulo G, Bonini L. Differential neural dynamics underling pragmatic and semantic affordance processing in macaque ventral premotor cortexSci Rep, 2019 Aug 12;9(1):11700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48216-y.
Lanzilotto M, Giulia Ferroni C, Livi A, Gerbella M, Maranesi M, Borra E, Passarelli L, Gamberini M, Fogassi L, Bonini L, Orban GA. Anterior intraparietal area: a hub in the observed manipulative action networkCereb Cortex, April 2019, Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 1816–1833. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz011
Livi A, Lanzilotto M, Maranesi M, Fogassi L, Rizzolatti G, Bonini L. Agent-based representations of objects and actions in the monkey pre-supplementary motor areaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 12, 2019, 201810890, 116 (7) 2691-2700. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810890116
   
2018

 
Bruni S, Gerbella M, Bonini L, Borra E, Coudé G, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L, Maranesi M, Rodà F, Simone L, Serventi FU, Rozzi S. Cortical and subcortical connections of parietal and premotor nodes of the monkey hand mirror neuron networkBrain Struct Funct, 2018 May, 223(4):1713-1729. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1582-0.
   
2017

 
Ferroni CG, Maranesi M, Livi A, Lanzilotto M, Bonini L. Comparative performance of linear multielectrode probes and single-tip electrodes for intracortical microstimulation and single-neuron recording in macaque monkeyFront Syst Neurosci, 2017 November, 11:84, doi: 10.3389/fnsys-2017.00084.
Maranesi M, Livi A, Bonini L. Spatial and viewpoint selectivity for others’ observed actions in monkey ventral premotor mirror neuronsSci Rep, 7, 8231 (2017). doi: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08956-1.
Barz F, Livi A, Lanzilotto M, Maranesi M, Bonini L, Paul O, Ruther P. Versatile, modular 3D microelectrode arrays for neuronal ensemble recordings: from design to fabrication, assembly, and functional validation in non-human primatesJ Neural Eng. 2017; 14(3):036010. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aa5a90.
Bonini L. The extended mirror neuron network: anatomy, origin, and functionsNeuroscientist, 23(1), 56–67. doi: 10.1177/1073858415626400.
   
2016

 
Lanzilotto M, Livi A, Maranesi M, Gerbella M, Barz F, Ruther P, Fogassi L, Rizzolatti G, Bonini L. Extending the cortical grasping network: pre-supplementary motor neuron activity during vision and grasping of objectsCereb Cortex, 2016 Dec; 26(12):4435-4449. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw315
Pothof F, Bonini L, Lanzilotto M, Livi A, Fogassi L, Orban GA, Paul O, Ruther P. Chronic neural probe for simultaneous recording of single-unit, multi-unit, and local field potential activity from multiple brain sites. J Neural Eng, 13(4):046006. doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/13/4/046006.
   
2015

 
Bruni S, Giorgetti V, Fogassi L, Bonini L. Multimodal encoding of goal-directed actions in monkey ventral premotor grasping neuronsCereb Cortex, 2017 Jan 1;27(1):522-533. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv246.
Maranesi M, Livi A, Bonini L. Processing of own hand visual feedback during object grasping in ventral premotor mirror neuronsJ Neurosci, 01 Aug 2015, 35(34):11824-11829. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0301-15.2015.
Bruni S, Giorgetti V, Bonini L, Fogassi L. Processing and integration of contextual information in monkey ventrolateral prefrontal neurons during selection and execution of goal-directed manipulative actionsJ Neurosci, 2015 Aug 26; 35(34): 11877–11890. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1938-15.2015.
   
2014

 
Maranesi M, Livi A, Fogassi L, Rizzolatti G, Bonini L. Mirror neuron activation prior to action observation in a predictable contextJ Neurosci, 2014 Nov 5;34(45):14827-32. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2705-14.201434(45):14827-32.
Bonini L, Maranesi M, Livi A, Fogassi L, Rizzolatti G. Ventral premotor neurons encoding representations of action during self and others’ inactionCurr Biol, 2014 Jul 21;24(14):1611-1614. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.047.
Bonini L, Maranesi M, Livi A, Fogassi L, Rizzolatti G. Space-dependent representation of objects and other’s action in monkey ventral premotor grasping neurons. J. Neurosci, 2014 Mar 12;34(11):4108-19. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4187-13.2014.
Pothof F, Anees S, Leupold L, Bonini L, Paul O, Orban GA, Ruther P. Fabrication and Characterization of a High-Resolution Neural Probe for Stereoelectroencephalography and Single Neuron RecordingEngineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Annual Int. Conf. of the IEEE, Chicago; 08/2014. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944808.
Maranesi M, Bonini L, Fogassi L. Cortical processing of object affordances for self and others’ actionFront Psychol, 5:538 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00538.
Bonini L, Maranesi M, Livi A, Bruni S, Fogassi L, Holzhammer T, Paul O, Ruther P. Application of floating silicon-based linear multielectrode arrays for acute recording of single neuron activity in awake behaving monkeysBiomed Tech (Berl), 2014 Aug;59(4):273-81. doi: 10.1515/bmt-2012-0099.
   
2013

 
Bonini L, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L. Neurophysiological bases underlying the organization of intentional actions and the understanding of others’ intentionConscious Cogn, 2013 Sep;22(3):1095-104. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.001.
Maranesi M, Ugolotti Serventi F, Bruni S, Bimbi M, Fogassi L, Bonini L. Monkey gaze behaviour during action observation and its relationship to mirror neuron activityEur J Neurosci, 2013 Dec;38(12):3721-30. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12376.
   
2012

 
Bonini L, Ugolotti Serventi F, Bruni S, Maranesi M, Bimbi M, Simone L, Rozzi S, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L. Selectivity for grip type and action goal in macaque inferior parietal and ventral premotor grasping neuronsJ Neurophysiol, 2012 Sep;108(6):1607-19. doi: 10.1152/jn.01158.2011.
Maranesi M, Rodà F, Bonini L, Rozzi S, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L, Coudé G. Anatomo-functional organization of the ventral primary motor and premotor cortex in the macaque monkeyEur J Neurosci, 2012 Nov;36(10):3376-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08252.x.
Macellini S, Maranesi M, Bonini L, Simone L, Rozzi S, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L. Individual and social learning processes involved in the acquisition and generalization of tool-use in macaques. Phil Trans R Soc, 2012 Jan 12;367(1585):24-36. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0125
   
2011

 
Bonini L, Ugolotti Serventi F, Simone L, Rozzi S, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L. Grasping neurons of monkey parietal and premotor cortices encode action goals at distinct levels of abstraction during complex action sequencesJ Neurosc, 2011 Apr 13;31(15):5876-86. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5186-10.2011.
Bonini L, Ferrari PF. Evolution of mirror systems: a simple mechanism for complex cognitive functionsAnn N Y Acad Sci, 2011 Apr;1225(1):166-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06002.x 1225:166-175.
   
2010

 
Macellini S, Ferrari PF, Bonini L, Fogassi L, Paukner A. A modified mark test for own-body recognition in pig tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). Animal Cognition, 2010 Jul;13(4):631-9. doi: 10.1007/s10071-010-0313-1.
Bonini L, Rozzi S, Ugolotti Serventi F, Simone L, Ferrari PF, Fogassi L. Ventral premotor and inferior parietal cortices make distinct contribution to action organization and intention understandingCereb Cortex, 2010 Jun;20(6):1372-85. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp200.
   
2009

 
Ferrari PF, Bonini L, Fogassi L. From monkey mirror neurons to primate behaviours: possible ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ pathwaysPhil Trans R Soc, 2009 Aug 27;364(1528):2311-23. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0062.
   
2008

 
Rozzi S, Ferrari PF, Bonini L, Rizzolatti G, Fogassi L. Functional organization of inferior parietal lobule convexity in the macaque monkey: electrophysiological characterization of motor, sensory and mirror responses and their correlation with cytoarchitectonic areasEur J Neurosci, 2008 Oct;28(8):1569-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06395.x.