MARK S. BLUMBERG, PH.D. F. WENDELL MILLER ...

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Mark S. Blumberg
1. Blumberg, M. S. In search of the elemental sleep circuit: A developmental perspective.
Submitted.
2. Tiriac, A., Uitermarkt, B. D., Fanning, A. S., Sokoloff, G., & Blumberg, M. S. Rapid whisker
movements in sleeping newborn rats. Current Biology, 2012. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.009
3. Gall, A. J., Todd, W. D., & Blumberg, M. S. Development of SCN connectivity and the circadian
control of arousal: A diminishing role for humoral factors? PLoS ONE, 7: e45338, 2012.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045338
4. Blumberg, M. S. Homology, correspondence, and continuity across development: The case of
sleep. Developmental Psychobiology, 2012. DOI 10.1002/dev.21024
5. Todd, W. D., Gall, A. J., Weiner, J. A., & Blumberg, M. S. Distinct retinohypothalamic
innervation patterns predict the developmental emergence of species-typical circadian
preference in nocturnal Norway rats and diurnal Nile grass rats. Journal of Comparative
Neurology, 520: 3277-3292, 2012.
6. Schmidt, D., Best, J., Blumberg, M. S. Random graph and stochastic process contributions to
network dynamics. AIMS Proceedings, 2, 1279-1288, 2011.
7. Karlsson, K. Æ., Arnardóttir, H., Robinson, S. R., and Blumberg, M. S. Dynamics of sleep-wake
cyclicity across the fetal period in sheep (Ovis aries). Developmental Psychobiology, 53: 89-95,
2011.
8. Blumberg, M. S. Beyond dreams: Do sleep-related movements contribute to brain
development? Frontiers in Neurology, 1, 140, 2010.
9. Marcano-Reik, A. J., Prasad, T., Weiner, J. A., & Blumberg, M. S. An abrupt development shift
in callosal modulation of sleep-related spindle bursts coincides with the emergence of
excitatory-inhibitory balance and a reduction of somatosensory cortical plasticity. Behavioral
Neuroscience, 124: 600-611, 2010.
10. Wasserman, E. A., and Blumberg, M. S. Designing minds: How should we explain the origins of
novel behaviors? American Scientist, May-June, pp. 183-185, 2010.
11. Seelke, A. M. H., & Blumberg, M. S. Developmental appearance and disappearance of cortical
events and oscillations in infant rats. Brain Research, 1324: 34-42, 2010.
12. Mohns, E. J., & Blumberg, M. S. Neocortical activation of the hippocampus during sleep in
newborn rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 30: 3438-3449, 2010.
13. Todd, W. D., Gibson, J. L., Shaw, C. S., and Blumberg, M. S. Brainstem and hypothalamic
regulation of sleep pressure and rebound in newborn rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 124: 69-
78, 2010.
14. Wasserman, E. A., and Blumberg, M. S. Evolution of the monkey crouch (letter to editor).
Science, 325: 812, 2009.
15. Spencer, J. P., Samuelson, L. K., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, R., Robinson, S. R., and
Tomblin, J. B. Seeing the world through a third eye: Developmental systems theory looks
beyond the nativist-empiricist debate. Child Development Perspectives, 3: 103-105, 2009.
16. Spencer, J. P., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, R., Robinson, S. R., Samuelson, L. K., and
Tomblin, J. B. Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativistempiricist
debate. Child Development Perspectives, 3: 79-87, 2009.
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