Publications

Freeman GM Jr, Krock RM, Aton SJ, Thaben P, Herzog ED. (2013). GABA Networks Destabilize Genetic Oscillations in the Circadian Pacemaker. Neuron. 78(5):799-806. PubMed

Aton SJ. (2013). Set and setting: How behavioral state regulates sensory function and plasticity. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. doi:pii: S1074-7427(13)00099-3. 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.007. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Aton SJ, Broussard C, Dumoulin M, Seibt J, Watson A, Coleman T, Frank MG. (2013). Visual experience and subsequent sleep induce sequential plastic changes in putative inhibitory and excitatory cortical neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110(8):3101-6. PubMed

Frank M, Waldrop R, Dumoulin M, Aton SJ, Boal JG . (2012).  Sleep-like states in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. PLoS ONE. 7(6):e38125. PubMed

Seibt J, Dumoulin M, Aton SJ, Coleman T, Watson A, Naidoo N, Frank MG. (2012). Protein synthesis during sleep consolidates cortical plasticity in vivo. Current Biology. 22(8):676-82. PubMed

Aton SJ, Seibt J, Dumoulin M, Coleman T, Shiraishi M, Frank MG. (2009). The sedating antidepressant trazodone impairs sleep-dependent cortical plasticity. PLoS ONE. 4(7): e6078. PubMed

Aton SJ, Seibt J, Dumoulin M, Jha SK, Steinmetz N, Coleman T, Naidoo N, Frank MG. (2009). Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity. Neuron. 61(3): 454–466. PubMed

Aton SJ, Seibt J, Frank MG. (2009). Sleep and memory. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. PubMed

Uebele VN, Nuss CE, Santarelli VP, Garson SL, Kraus RL, Stauffer SR, Barrow JC, Koblan KS, Renger JJ, Aton S, Seibt J, Dumoulin M, Jha SK, Coleman T, Frank MG. (2009). T-type calcium channels regulate cortical plasticity in vivo. NeuroReport. 20(3): 257–262. PubMed

Seibt J, Aton SJ, Jha SK, Coleman T, Dumoulin MC, Frank MG. (2008). The non-benzodiazepine hypnotic Zolpidem impairs sleep-dependent cortical plasticity. Sleep. 31(10): 1381-91. PubMed

Saxena MT, Aton SJ, Hildebolt C, Prior J, Abraham U, Piwnica-Worms D, Herzog ED. (2007). Bioluminescence imaging of Period1 gene expression in utero. Molecular Imaging. 6(1): 68-72. PubMed

Aton SJ, Huettner JE, Straume M, Herzog ED. (2006). GABA and Gi/o differentially control circadian rhythms and synchrony in clock neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(50): 19188-93. PubMed

Aton SJ, Herzog ED. (2005). Come together, right… now: Synchronization of rhythms in a mammalian circadian clock. Neuron. 48(4): 531-4. PubMed

Aton SJ, Colwell CS, Harmar AJ, Waschek J, Herzog ED. (2005). Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 8(4): 476-83 . PubMed

Aton SJ, Block GD, Tei H, Yamazaki S, Herzog ED. (2004). Plasticity of circadian behavior and the suprachiasmatic nucleus following exposure to non-24 hour light cycles. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 19(3): 198-207. PubMed

Herzog ED, Aton SJ, Numano R, Sakaki Y, & Tei H. (2004). Temporal precision in the mammalian circadian system: a reliable clock from less reliable neurons. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 19(1): 35-46. PubMed

Granados-Fuentes D, Saxena MT, Prolo LM, Aton SJ, Herzog ED. (2004). Olfactory bulb neurons express functional, entrainable circadian rhythms. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(4): 898-906. PubMed