Publications below highlight earlier research. Watch out for Zutshi Lab publications!
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hippocampal neuronal activity is aligned with action plans
Zutshi, I., Apostolelli, A., Yang, W., Zheng, Z., Dohi, T., Balzani, E., Williams, A.H., Savin, C., Buzsáki, G.
Nature, 2025 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Cover (unpublished)
“Charting a course: Hippocampal activity is shaped by actions to reflect evolving choices”
Artist: Aehyun Shin

Working memory features are embedded in hippocampal place fields
Varga, V., Petersen, P., Zutshi, I., Huszar, R., Zhang, Y., Buzsáki, G
Cell Reports, 2024 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Hippocampal sharp wave ripples and their spike assembly content are regulated by the medial entorhinal cortex
Zutshi, I., Buzsáki, G.
Current Biology, 2023 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Extrinsic control and intrinsic computation in the hippocampal CA1 circuit
Zutshi, I., Valero, M., Fernández-Ruiz, A., Buzsáki, G.
Neuron, 2022 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Cover (unpublished)
“Neurons within our brain are constantly playing a full-scale symphony orchestra of their own. But without the ensemble, does the melody survive? Emerging from CA1 neurons is a beautiful melody entrained by an ongoing oscillation, envisioned as notes of the Cmaj7 chord. “
Artist: Andrea Navas Olivé

Probing subthreshold dynamics of hippocampal neurons by pulsed optogenetics
Valero, M., Zutshi, I., Yoon, E., Buzsáki, G.
Science, 2022 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Precisely timed theta oscillations are selectively required during memory encoding
Quirk, C.R.*, Zutshi, I. *, Srikanth, S., Wright, M.K., Parsey, D.P., Fu, M.L., Marciano, N.D., Liu, S., Leutgeb, J.K., Leutgeb, S. *Equal contribution.
Nature Neuroscience, 2021 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Optogenetic reactivation of memory ensembles in the retrosplenial cortex induces systems consolidation
De Sousa, A.F., Cowansage, K.K., Zutshi, I., Cardozo, L.M., Yoo, E.J., Leutgeb, S., Mayford, M.
PNAS, 2019 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Hippocampal neural circuits respond to optogenetic pacing of theta frequencies by generating accelerated oscillation frequencies
Zutshi, I. *, Brandon, M.P.*, Fu, M.L., Donegan, M., Leutgeb, J.K., Leutgeb, S. *Equal contribution.
Current Biology, 2018 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
Cover (unpublished)
” Circuits within the hippocampus stage a concert using ongoing theta oscillations as the conductor of the orchestra”
Artist: Ipshita Zutshi

Recurrent circuits within medial entorhinal cortex superficial layers support grid cell firing
Zutshi, I., Fu, M.L., Lilascharoen, V., Leutgeb, J.K., Lim, B.K., Leutgeb, S.
Nature Communications, 2018 · [PDF] · [Publisher]
