Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles


Neuronal competition shapes the encoding and retrieval of precise spatial memories

Published in Current Biology, 2026

How competition between neurons for allocation to an engram controls the precision of spatial memory.

Recommended citation: Wang Y, Wu B, Jacob AD, Ramsaran A, Fallahi A, Jung JH, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA. (2026). "Neuronal Competition Shapes the Encoding and Retrieval of Precise Spatial Memories." Current Biology.

TOM20 gates PINK1 activity and mediates its tethering of the TOM and TIM23 translocases upon mitochondrial stress

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2024

Recommended citation: Eldeeb MA*, Bayne AN*, Fallahi A, Goiran T, MacDougall EJ, Soumbasis A, Zorca CE, Tabah JJ, Thomas RA, Karpilovsky N, Mathur M, Durcan TM, Trempe JF, Fon EA. (2024). "TOM20 Gates PINK1 Activity and Mediates Its Tethering of the TOM and TIM23 Translocases Upon Mitochondrial Stress." PNAS. 121(10).

Book Chapters


Engrams and the neural architecture of memory in health and disease

Published in Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation (forthcoming), 2027

Invited book chapter reviewing how memory engrams are organized in the brain and how they are disrupted across neurological and psychiatric disease.

Recommended citation: Fallahi A, Wu B, Frankland PW, Josselyn SA. (2027). "Engrams and the neural architecture of memory in health and disease." Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation. [Forthcoming].

Commentaries & Medical Humanities


On the pleas of humanity: the evolution of advocacy in medicine

Published in University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2025

A reflection on how the physician's role as advocate has evolved, and what it demands of clinicians today.

Recommended citation: Fallahi A. (2025). "On the Pleas of Humanity: The Evolution of Advocacy in Medicine." University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine.