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van Hasselt, S. J.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Mekenkamp, G.-J.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Verhulst, S.; Beckers, G. l. J.L.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep. Current Biology 35 (8), pp. 1918 - 1926.e3 (2025)

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Mazengenya, P.; Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Manger, P. R.: Apparent absence of hypothalamic cholinergic neurons in the common ostrich and emu: Implications for global brain states during sleep. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 532 (2), e25587 (2024)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleep is dangerous: Historic hunting targeting fur seals sleeping unihemispherically at sea. Sleep 47 (4), zsae026 (2024)

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Ungurean, G.; Rattenborg, N. C.: A mammal and bird's-eye-view of the pupil during sleep and wakefulness. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 59 (4), pp. 584 - 594 (2024)

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Libourel, P.-A.; Lee, W. Y.; Achin, I.; Chung, H.; Kim, J.; Massot, B.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Nesting chinstrap penguins accrue large quantities of sleep through seconds-long microsleeps. Science 382 (6674), pp. 1026 - 1031 (2023)

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Nourani, E.; Safi, K.; de Grissac, S.; Anderson, D. J.; Cole, N. C.; Fell, A.; Grémillet, D.; Lempidakis, E.; Lerma, M.; McKee, J. L. et al.; Pichegru, L.; Provost, P.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Ryan, P. G.; Santos, C. D.; Schoombie, S.; Tatayah, V.; Weimerskirch, H.; Wikelski, M.; Shepard, E.: Seabird morphology determines operational wind speeds, tolerable maxima, and responses to extremes. Current Biology 33 (6), pp. 1179 - 1184.e3 (2023)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Diverse sleep strategies at sea. Science 381 (6657), pp. 486 - 487 (2023)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; Ungurean, G.: The evolution and diversification of sleep. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38 (2), pp. 156 - 170 (2023)

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Soldatini, C.; Rosas Hernandez, M. P.; Albores-Barajas, Y. V.; Catoni, C.; Ramos, A.; Dell'Omo, G.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Chimienti, M.: Individual variability in diving behavior of the Black-vented Shearwater in an ever-changing habitat. Science of the Total Environment 880, 163286 (2023)

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Ungurean, G.; Behroozi, M.; Böger, L.; Helluy, X.; Libourel, P.-A.; Güntürkün, O.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Wide-spread brain activation and reduced CSF flow during avian REM sleep. Nature Communications 14, 3259 (2023)

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Giambalvo, G.; de Albores-Barajas, Y. V.; Soldatini, C.; Rosas Hernandez, M. P.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Environmental drivers of sex-biased foraging behavior in Magnificent Frigatebird in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17 (2), 25 (2022)

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Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: The missing cost of ecological sleep loss. SLEEP Advances 3 (1), zpac036 (2022)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleeping on the wing: Mythology, history, and science of avian sleep in mid-flight. Natural History 130 (10), pp. 30 - 35 (2022)

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van Hasselt, S. J.; Verhulst, S.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: A comparison of continuous and intermittent EEG recordings in geese: How much data are needed to reliably estimate sleep-wake patterns? Journal of sleep research 31 (3), e13525 (2022)

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Ungurean, G.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Massot, B.; Libourel, P.-A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Pupillary behavior during wakefulness, non-REM sleep, and REM sleep in birds is opposite that of mammals. Current Biology 31 (23), pp. 5370 - 5376.e4 (2021)

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van Hasselt, S. J.; Hut, R. A.; Allocca, G.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: Cloud cover amplifies the sleep-suppressing effect of artificial light at night in geese. Environmental Pollution 273, 116444 (2021)

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van Hasselt, S. J.; Mekenkamp, G.-J.; Komdeur, J.; Allocca, G.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: Seasonal variation in sleep homeostasis in migratory geese: A rebound of NREM sleep following sleep deprivation in summer but not in winter. Sleep 44 (4), zsaa244 (2021)

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Blumberg, M. S.; Lesku, J. A.; Libourel, P.-A.; Schmidt, M. H.; Rattenborg, N. C.: What is REM sleep? Current Biology 30 (1), pp. R38 - R49 (2020)

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Ferretti, A.; McWilliams, S. R.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Maggini, I.; Cardinale, M.; Fusani, L.: Energy stores, oxidative balance, and sleep in migratory garden warblers (Sylvia borin) and whitethroats (Sylvia communis) at a spring stopover site. Integrative Organismal Biology 2 (1), obaa010 (2020)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Somnovolarism. Sleep Medicine 67, pp. 246 - 247 (2020)

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Ungurean, G.; Barrillot, B.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Libourel, P.-A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Comparative perspectives that challenge brain warming as the primary function of REM sleep. iScience 23 (11), 101696 (2020)

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Ungurean, G.; van der Meij, J.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Lesku, J. A.: Evolution and plasticity of sleep. Current Opinion in Physiology 15, pp. 111 - 119 (2020)

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van der Meij, J.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Beckers, G. J. L.: Divergent neuronal activity patterns in the avian hippocampus and nidopallium. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 52 (4), pp. 3124 - 3139 (2020)

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van der Meij, J.; Ungurean, G.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Beckers, G. J. L.: Evolution of sleep in relation to memory – A birds’ brain view. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 33, pp. 78 - 85 (2020)

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van Hasselt, S. J.; Rusche, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Verhulst, S.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) shows signs of NREM sleep homeostasis but has very little REM sleep and no REM sleep homeostasis. Sleep 43 (6), zsz311 (2020)

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van Hasselt, S. J.; Rusche, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Verhulst, S.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Meerlo, P.: Sleep time in the European starling is strongly affected by night length and moon phase. Current Biology 30 (9), pp. 1664 - 1671.e2 (2020)

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Allocca, G.; Ma, S.; Martelli, D.; Cerri, M.; Vecchio, F. D.; Bastianini, S.; Zoccoli, G.; Amici, R.; Morairty, S. R.; Aulsebrook, A. E. et al.; Blackburn, S.; Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Wams, E.; Porcheret, K.; Wulff, K.; Foster, R.; Chan, J. K. M.; Nicholas, C. L.; Freestone, D. R.; Johnston, L. A.; Gundlach, A. L.: Validation of ‘Somnivore’, a machine learning algorithm for automated scoring and analysis of polysomnography data. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13, 207 (2019)

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Ferretti, A.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Ruf, T.; McWilliams, S. R.; Cardinale, M.; Fusani, L.: Sleeping unsafely tucked in to conserve energy in a nocturnal migratory songbird. Current Biology 29 (16), pp. 2766 - 2772.e4 (2019)

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Massot, B.; Arthaud, S.; Barrillot, B.; Roux, J.; Ungurean, G.; Luppi, P.-H.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Libourel, P.-A.: ONEIROS, a new miniature standalone device for recording sleep electrophysiology, physiology, temperatures and behavior in the lab and field. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 316, pp. 103 - 116 (2019)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; van der Meij, J.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Lesku, J. A.: Local aspects of avian non-REM and REM sleep. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13, 567 (2019)

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Ungurean, G.; Rattenborg, N. C.: REM-Sleep-Promoting ‘Goldilocks’ neurons. Current Biology 29 (13), pp. R644 - R646 (2019)

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van der Meij, J.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Intra-"cortical" activity during avian non-REM and REM sleep: Variant and invariant traits between birds and mammals. Sleep 42 (2), zsy230 (2019)

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van der Meij, J.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Neurophysiology of avian sleep: Comparing natural sleep and isoflurane anesthesia. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13, 262 (2019)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Q & A: Niels C. Rattenborg. Current Biology 28 (24), pp. R1368 - R1370 (2018)

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Tisdale, R. K.; Lesku, J. A.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Bird-like propagating brain activity in anesthetized Nile crocodiles. Sleep 41 (8), zsy105 (2018)

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Tisdale, R. K.; Lesku, J. A.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: The low-down on sleeping down low: Pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (19), jeb182634 (2018)

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Tisdale, R. K.; Tieri, L.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Beckers, G. J. L.; Lesku, J. A.: Spectral properties of brain activity under two anesthetics and their potential for inducing natural sleep in birds. Frontiers in Neuroscience 12, 881 (2018)

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Ungurean, G.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Fur seals don’t lose sleep over REM lost at sea. Current Biology 28 (12), pp. R699 - R701 (2018)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleeping on the wing. Interface Focus 7 (1), 20160082 (2017)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Schlaf zwischen Himmel und Erde. Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2017)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; de la Iglesia, H. O.; Kempenaers, B.; Lesku, J. A.; Meerlo, P.; Scriba, M. F.: Sleep research goes wild: New methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 372 (1734), 20160251 (2017)

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Scriba, M. F.; Dreiss, A. N.; Henry, I.; Béziers, P.; Ruppli, C.; Ifrid, E.; Ducouret, P.; Da Silva, A.; Monstiers, B. d.; Vyssotski, A. L. et al.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Roulin, A.: Nocturnal, diurnal and bimodal patterns of locomotion, sibling interactions and sleep in nestling Barn Owls. Journal of Ornithology 158 (4), pp. 1001 - 1012 (2017)

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Scriba, M. F.; Gasparini, J.; Jacquin, L.; Mettke-Hofmann, C.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Roulin, A.: The effect of food quality during growth on spatial memory consolidation in adult pigeons. The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (4), pp. 573 - 581 (2017)

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Scriba, M. F.; Henry, I.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Mueller, J. C.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Roulin, A.: Ultradian rhythmicity in sleep-wakefulness is related to color in nestling barn owls. Journal of Biological Rhythms 32 (5), pp. 456 - 468 (2017)

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Tisdale, R. K.; Vyssotski, A. L.; Lesku, J. A.; Rattenborg, N. C.: Sleep-related electrophysiology and behavior of tinamous (Eudromia elegans): Tinamous do not sleep like ostriches. Brain, behavior and evolution: Official journal of the J. B. Johnston Club 89 (4), pp. 249 - 261 (2017)

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Aulsebrook, A. E.; Jones, T. M.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Roth, T. C. I.; Lesku, J. A.: Sleep ecophysiology: Integrating neuroscience and ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31 (8), pp. 590 - 599 (2016)

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Chan, A.; Li, S.; Lee, A. R.; Leung, J.; Yip, A.; Bird, J.; Godden, K. E.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Balaban, E. et al.; Pompeiano, M.: Activation of state-regulating neurochemical systems in newborn and embryonic chicks. Neuroscience 339, pp. 219 - 234 (2016)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; Voirin, B.; Cruz, S. M.; Tisdale, R. K.; Dell’Omo, G.; Lipp, H.-P.; Wikelski, M.; Vyssotski, A. L.: Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight. Nature Communications 7, 12468 (2016)

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Beckers, G. J. L.; Rattenborg, N. C.: An in depth view of avian sleep. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 50, pp. 120 - 127 (2015)

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Rattenborg, N. C.; Martinez-Gonzalez, M. D.: Avian versus mammalian sleep: The fruits of comparing apples and oranges. Current Sleep Medicine Reports 1 (1), pp. 55 - 63 (2015)

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