Valor LM, Jancic D, Lujan R and Barco A (2010). Ultrastructural and transcriptional profiling of neuropathological misregulation of cAMP-response element binding protein function. Cell Death & Differentiation. In press.

Benito E and Barco A (2010). CREB's control of intrinsic and synaptic plasticity: Implications for CREB-dependent memory models. Trends Neurosci. In press.

Viosca J, Lopez-Atalaya JP, Olivares R, Eckner R and Barco A (2010). Syndromic features and mild cognitive impairment in mice with genetic reduction of p300 activity: Differential contribution of p300 and CBP to Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome etiology. Neurobiol Dis 37(1):186-94.

Barco A (2010). La material de los recuerdos: circuitos neuronales y cascadas moleculares. Mente y Cerebro 40 (Jan): 24-33. Free download

Sanchis-Segura C*, Lopez-Atalaya JP* and Barco A (2009). Selective boosting of transcriptional and behavioral responses to drugs of abuse by histone deacetylase inhibition. Neuropsychopharmacology, Sep 2 [Epub ahead of print]. * Equal contributors. (Featured article )

Sanchis-Segura C, Jancic D, Jimenez-Minchan M and Barco A (2009). Inhibition of cAMP responsive element binding protein in striatal neurons enhances approach and avoidance responses towards morphine- and morphine withdrawal-related cues. Front Behav Neurosci 3:30 Open access

Viosca J *, Lopez de Armentia M *, Jancic D and Barco A (2009). Enhanced CREB-dependent gene expression increases the excitability of neurons in the basal amygdala and primes the consolidation of contextual and cued fear memory. Learn Mem 16(3): 193-197. * Equal contributors

Viosca J, Malleret G, Bourtchouladze R, Benito E, Vronskava S, Kandel ER and Barco A (2009). Chronic enhancement of CREB activity in the hippocampus interferes with the retrieval of spatial information. Learn Mem 16(3): 198-209 (issue cover).

Jancic D*, Lopez de Armentia M*, Valor LM, Olivares R and Barco A (2009). Inhibition of cAMP-response element binding protein reduces neuronal excitability and plasticity, and triggers neurodegeneration. Cereb Cortex 19(11): 2535-47. * Equal contributors.

Viosca J, Schuhmacher A, Guerra and Barco A (2009). Germ line expression of H-RasG12V causes neurological deficits associated to Costello syndrome. Genes Brain Behav 8(1): 60-71.

Barco A, Lopez de Armentia M and Alarcon JM. Synapse-specific stabilization of plasticity processes: The synaptic tagging hypothesis revisited ten years later. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 32(4):831-51.

Hawkins RD, Bailey CH, Barco A and Kandel ER (2008). Molecular studies of learning and memory in Aplysia and the hippocampus: A comparative analysis of implicit and explicit memory storage. Chapter in “Learning and memory: A comprehensible reference” (Elsevier Books).

Barco A and Kandel ER (2005). Role of CREB and CBP in brain function. Chapter in Transcription factors in the nervous system: Development, brain function and disease (Wiley-VCH publishers).

Levine AA, Guan Z, Barco A, Xu S, Kandel ER and Schwartz JH (2005). CREB binding protein controls response to cocaine by acetylating histones at the fosB promoter in the mouse striatum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(52):19186-91.

Barco A, Patterson S, Alarcon JM, Gromova P, Mata-Roig M, Morozov A and Kandel ER (2005). Gene expression profiling of facilitated L-LTP in VP16-CREB mice reveals that BDNF is critical for both the maintenance of LTP and for synaptic capture. Neuron, 48(1): 123-137.

Calandria C, Irurzun A, Barco A and Carrasco L (2004). Individual expression of poliovirus 2APRO induces caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage in HeLa cells. Virus Research 104(1): 39-49. 

Alarcon JM, Malleret G, Touzani K, Vronskaya S, Ishii S, Kandel ER and Barco A (2004). Chromatin acetylation, memory, and LTP are impaired in CBP+/- mice: a model for the cognitive deficit in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome and its amelioration. Neuron 42(6):947-959 (issue cover)   (Featured article )

Pham TA, Graham SJ, Suzuki S, Barco A, Kandel ER, Gordon B and Lickey ME (2004). A semi-persistent adult ocular dominance plasticity in visual cortex is stabilized by activated CREB. Learning and memory 11(6): 738-747. 

Gao Y, Deng K, Hou J, Bryson JB, Barco A, Nikulina E, Spencer T, Mellado W, Kandel ER and Filbin MT (2004). Activated CREB is sufficient to overcome inhibitors in myelin and promote spinal axon regeneration in vivo. Neuron 44(4):609-621. 

Lang C, Barco A, Zablow L, Kandel R, Siegelbaum SA, Zakharenko S (2004). Transient expansion of synaptically connected dendritic spines upon induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101(47):16665-70.