Publications of Niels Christian Rattenborg

Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Avian sleep. Current Biology 24 (1), pp. R12 - R14 (2014)

Scriba, M. F.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Dreiss, A. N.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Roulin, A.: Sleep and vigilance linked to melanism in wild barn owls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (10), pp. 2057 - 2068 (2014)

Voirin, B.; Scriba, M. F.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Wikelski, M.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Ecology and neurophysiology of sleep in two wild sloth species. Sleep 37 (4), pp. 753 - 761 (2014)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Episodic-like memory and divergent brain systems in mammals and birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (40), E3741 (2013)

Scriba, M. F.; Ducrest, A.-L.; Henry, I.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Roulin, A.: Linking melanism to brain development: Expression of a melanism-related gene in barn owl feather follicles covaries with sleep ontogeny. Frontiers in Zoology 10, 42 (2013)

Scriba, M. F.; Harmening, W. M.; Mettke-Hofmann, C.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Roulin, A.; Wagner, H.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Evaluation of two minimally invasive techniques for electroencephalogram recording in wild or freely behaving animals. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 199 (3), pp. 183 - 189 (2013)

Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Valcu, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Kuhn, S.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; Kempenaers, B.: Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers. Science 337 (6102), pp. 1654 - 1658 (2012)

Pennycuick, C. J.; Fast, P. L. F.; Ballerstaedt, N.; Rattenborg, N. C.: The effect of an external transmitter on the drag coefficient of a bird's body, and hence on migration range, and energy reserves after migration. Journal of Ornithology 153 (3), pp. 633 - 644 (2012)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Lima, S. L.; Lesku, J. A.: Sleep locally, act globally. Neuroscientist 18 (5), pp. 533 - 546 (2012)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Developmental Neurobiology: Awakening the brain for the first time. Current Biology 22 (10), pp. R398 - R400 (2012)

Lesku, J. A.; Meyer, L. C. R.; Fuller, A.; Maloney, S. K.; Dell’Omo, G.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Ostriches sleep like platypuses. PLoS One 6 (8), e23203 (2011)

Lesku, J. A.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Wilzeck, C.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Local sleep homeostasis in the avian brain: Convergence of sleep function in mammals and birds? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1717), pp. 2419 - 2428 (2011)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: A bird-brain view of episodic memory. Behavioural Brain Research 222 (1), pp. 236 - 245 (2011)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Roth, T. C. I.; Pravosudov, V. V.: Hippocampal memory consolidation during sleep: A comparison of mammals and birds. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 86 (3), pp. 658 - 691 (2011)

Roth, T. C. I.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Pravosudov, V. V.: The ecological relevance of sleep: The trade-off between sleep, memory and energy conservation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1542), pp. 945 - 959 (2010)

Lesku, J. A.; Roth, T. C. I.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.; Lima, S. L.: History and future of comparative analyses in sleep research. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 33 (7), pp. 1024 - 1036 (2009)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Lesku, J. A.: Avian sleep homeostasis: Convergent evolution of complex brains, cognition and sleep functions in mammals and birds. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 33 (3), pp. 253 - 270 (2009)

Lesku, J. A.; Bark, R. J.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.; Lima, S. L.: Predator-induced plasticity in sleep architecture in wild-caught Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Behavioural Brain Research 189 (2), pp. 298 - 305 (2008)

Lesku, J. A.; Roth, T. C. I.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.; Lima, S. L.: Phylogenetics and the correlates of mammalian sleep: A reappraisal. Sleep Medicine Reviews 12 (3), pp. 229 - 244 (2008)

Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Increased EEG spectral power density during sleep following short-term sleep deprivation in pigeons (Columba livia): Evidence for avian sleep homeostasis. Journal of sleep research 17 (2), pp. 140 - 153 (2008)

Newman, S. M.; Paletz, E. M.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Obermeyer, W. H.; Benca, R. M.: Sleep deprivation in the pigeon using the Disk-Over-Water method. Physiology & Behavior 93 (1-2), pp. 50 - 58 (2008)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Lesku, J. A.; Scriba, M. F.: A bird's eye view of sleep. Science 322 (5901), p. 527 - 527 (2008)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Voirin, B.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Kays, R. W.; Spoelstra, K.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; Wikelski, M.: Sleeping outside the box: Electroencephalographic measures of sleep in sloths inhabiting a rainforest. Biology Letters 4 (4), pp. 402 - 405 (2008)

Lima, S. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: A behavioural shutdown can make sleeping safer: A strategic perspective on the function of sleep. Animal Behaviour 74 (2), pp. 189 - 197 (2007)

Rattenborg, N. C.: Response to commentary on evolution of slow-wave sleep and palliopallial connectivity in mammals and birds: A hypothesis. Brain Research Bulletin 72 (4-6), pp. 187 - 193 (2007)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Lesku, J. A.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Lima, S. L.: The non-trivial functions of sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews 11 (5), pp. 405 - 409 (2007)

Rattenborg, N. C.: Evolution of slow-wave sleep and palliopallial connectivity in mammals and birds: A hypothesis. Brain Research Bulletin 69 (1), pp. 20 - 29 (2006)

Rattenborg, N. C.: Do birds sleep in flight? Die Naturwissenschaften 93 (9), pp. 413 - 425 (2006)

Rattenborg, N. C.: Schlaf und Flug. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2006)

Lima, S. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Lesku, J. A.; Amlaner, C. J.: Sleeping under the risk of predation. Animal Behaviour 70 (4), pp. 723 - 736 (2005)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Obermeyer, W. H.; Vacha, E.; Benca, R. M.: Acute effects of light and darkness on sleep in the pigeon (Columba livia). Physiology & Behavior 84 (4), pp. 635 - 640 (2005)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Mandt, B. H.; Obermeyer, W. H.; Winsauer, P. J.; Huber, R.; Wikelski, M.; Benca, R. M.: Migratory sleeplessness in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). PLoS Biology 2 (7), pp. 924 - 936 (2004)

Wikelski, M.; Wong, V.; Chevalier, B.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Snell, H.: Galapagos islands: Marine iguanas die from trace oil pollution. Nature 417 (6889), pp. 607 - 608 (2002)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.; Lima, S. L.: Unilateral eye closure and interhemispheric EEG asymmetry during sleep in the pigeon (Columba livia). Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 58 (6), pp. 323 - 332 (2001)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.; Lima, S. L.: Behavioral, neurophysiological and evolutionary perspectives on unihemispheric sleep. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 24 (8), pp. 817 - 842 (2000)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Lima, S. L.; Amlaner, C. J.: Facultative control of avian unihemispheric sleep under the risk of predation. Behavioural Brain Research 105 (2), pp. 163 - 172 (1999)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Lima, S. L.; Amlaner, C. J.: Half-awake to the risk of predation. Nature 397 (6718), pp. 397 - 398 (1999)

Blumberg, M. S.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Decomposing the evolution of sleep: Comparative and developmental approaches. In: Evolution of nervous systems, Vol. 3, 2 Ed., pp. 523 - 545 (Ed. Kaas, J.). Elsevier, Oxford (2017)

Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleep in birds. In: Encyclopedia of sleep, pp. 51 - 56 (Ed. Kushida, C. A.). Academic Press, Oxford (2013)

Rattenborg, N. C.: Convergent evolution of REM sleep in mammals and birds. In: Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams, pp. 169 - 171 (Eds. Barrett, D.; McNamara, P.). Greenwood, Santa Barbara (2012)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Lesku, J. A.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Evolutionary perspectives on the function of REM sleep. In: Rapid eye movement sleep: Regulation and function, pp. 58 - 70 (Eds. Mallick, B. N.; Pandi-Perumal, S. R.; McCarley, R. W.; Morrison, A. R.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2011)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Evolution des Schlafes. In: Kompendium Schlafmedizin, pp. 69 - 77 (Eds. Schulz, H.; Geisler, P.; Rodenbeck, A.). Ecomed, Landsberg (2011)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.: A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep. In: Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives, pp. 145 - 171 (Eds. McNamara, P.; Barton, R. A.; Nunn, C. L.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2010)

Amlaner, C. J.; Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: The evolution of sleep. In: Basics of sleep guide, 2 Ed., pp. 11 - 19 (Eds. Amlaner, C. J.; Fuller, P. M.). Sleep Research Society, Westchester (2009)

Lesku, J. A.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Phylogeny and ontogeny of sleep. In: The neuroscience of sleep, pp. 61 - 69 (Eds. Stickgold, R.; Walker, M. P.). Academic Press, Oxford (2009)

Lesku, J. A.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleep and sleep states: Phylogeny and ontogeny. In: Encyclopedia of neuroscience, pp. 963 - 971 (Ed. Squire, L. R.). Oxford Academic Press, Oxford (2009)

Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.: The evolution of sleep: A phylogenetic approach. In: Sleep: A comprehensive handbook, pp. 49 - 61 (Ed. Lee-Chiong, T. L.). John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New Jersey (2006)

Benca, R. M.; Cirelli, C.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Tononi, G.: Basic science of sleep. In: Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry, 8 Ed., pp. 280 - 294 (Eds. Sadock, B. J.; Sadock, V. A.). Lippincott, Williams and Williams, Baltimore (2004)

Rattenborg, N. C.; Amlaner, C. J.: Phylogeny of sleep. In: Sleep medicine, pp. 7 - 22 (Eds. Lee-Chiong, T. L.; Sateia, M. J.; Carskadon, M. A.). Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelpia (2002)

Massot, B.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Hedenstrom, A.; Åkesson, S.; Libourel, P.-A.: An implantable, low-power instrumentation for the long term monitoring of the sleep of animals under natural conditions. In: 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 4368 - 4371. 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, July 23, 2019 - July 27, 2019. IEEE (2019)