Scientific Publications
Anderson, C.V., T. Sheridan and S.M. Deban. 2012. Scaling of the ballistic tongue apparatus in chameleons. Journal of Morphology. In press.
Deban, S.M., N. Schilling and D.R. Carrier. 2012. Activity of extrinsic limb muscles in dogs at walk, trot and gallop. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 287-300. 
Deban, S.M. and J.C. Richardson. 2011. Cold-blooded snipers: thermal independence of ballistic tongue projection in the salamander Hydromantes platycephalus. Journal of Experimental Zoology 315: 618-630
Deban, S.M. and A.K. Lappin. 2011. Thermal effects on the dynamics and motor control of ballistic prey capture in toads: maintaining high performance at low temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 1333-1346. 
Habegger, M.L, P.J. Motta, D.R. Huber and S.M. Deban. 2011. Feeding biomechanics in the Great Barracuda during ontogeny. Journal of Zoology 283: 63-72.
Ryerson, W.G. and S.M. Deban 2010. Buccal pumping mechanics of Xenopus laevis tadpoles: effects of biotic and abiotic factors. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 2444-2452.
Anderson, C.V. and S.M. Deban 2010. Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 5495-5499. 
Schilling, N. and S.M. Deban 2010. Fiber-type distribution of the perivertebral musculature in Ambystoma. Journal of Morphology 271: 200-214.
Deban, S.M. and N. Schilling 2009. Activity of trunk muscles during aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in Ambystoma maculatum. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 2949-2959.
Herrel, A., S.M. Deban, V. Schaerlaeken, J.P. Timmermans and D. Adriaens 2009. Are morphological specializations of the hyolingual system in chameleons and salamanders tuned to demands on performance? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82: 29-39.
Carrier, D.R., S.M. Deban and T. Fischbein 2008. Locomotor function of forelimb protractor and retractor muscles of dogs: evidence of strut-like behavior at the shoulder. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 150-162.
Deban, S. M., J.C. O’Reilly, U. Dicke, U. and J.L. van Leeuwen 2007. Extremely high-power tongue projection in plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 655-667.
Carrier, D.R., S.M. Deban and T. Fischbein 2006. Locomotor function of the pectoral girdle ‘muscular sling’ in trotting dogs. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2224-2237.
Deban, S.M. and J.C. O’Reilly 2005. The ontogeny of feeding kinematics in the giant salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis: does current function or phylogenetic relatedness predict the scaling patterns of movement? Zoology 108: 155-167.
Deban, S.M. and U. Dicke 2004. Activation patterns of the tongue-projector muscle during feeding in the imperial cave salamander, Hydromantes imperialis. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 2071-2081.
Scott, E.C., N.J. Matzke, G. Branch, … S. Chu, … S.M. Deban, … S.W.Hawking, … S. Weinberg, et al. 2004. The morphology of Steve. Annals of Improbable Research July-Aug 2004: 24-29.
Deban, S.M. 2003. Constraint and convergence in the evolution of salamander feeding. In: Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution, J.-P. Gasc, A. Casinos, and V.L. Bels, eds., BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford. 163-180.
Deban, S.M. and W.M. Olson 2002. Suction feeding by a tiny predatory tadpole. Nature 420: 41-42.
O’Reilly, J.C., S.M. Deban and K.C. Nishikawa 2002. Derived life history characteristics constrain the evolution of aquatic feeding behavior in adult amphibians. In: Topics in Functional and Ecological Vertebrate Morphology: A Tribute to Frits de Vree, P. Aerts, K. D’Août, A. Herrel & R. van Damme, eds., Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, The Netherlands. pp. 153-190.
Deban, S.M. and D.R. Carrier 2002. Hypaxial muscle activity during running and breathing in dogs. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1953-1967.
Carrier, D.R., S.M. Deban and J. Otterstrom 2002. The face that sank the Essex: potential function of the spermaceti organ in aggression. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1755-1763.
Snelderwaard, P., J. De Groot and S.M. Deban 2002. Digital video combined with conventional radiography creates an excellent high-speed X-ray video system. Journal of Biomechanics 35: 1007-1009.
Deban, S.M. and S. B. Marks 2002. Metamorphosis and evolution of feeding behavior in salamanders of the family Plethodontidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 134: 375-400.
Deban, S.M., J.C. O’Reilly and K.C. Nishikawa 2001. The evolution of the motor control of feeding in amphibians. American Zoologist 41: 1280-1298.
Lee, D.V., R.M. Walter, S.M. Deban and D.R. Carrier 2001. Influence of increased rotational inertia on the turning performance of humans. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204: 3927-3934. 
Deban, S.M. and D.B. Wake 2000. Aquatic Feeding in Salamanders, In: Feeding: form, function and evolution in tetrapod vertebrates. K. Schwenk, ed., Academic Press, San Diego. 65-94.
Wake, D.B. and S.M. Deban 2000. Terrestrial Feeding in Salamanders, In: Feeding: form, function and evolution in tetrapod vertebrates. K. Schwenk, ed., Academic Press, San Diego. 95-116.
Deban, S.M. and U. Dicke 1999. Motor control of tongue movement during prey capture in plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 3699-3714.
Deban, S.M., D.B. Wake, and G. Roth 1997. Salamander with a ballistic tongue. Nature 389: 27-28.
Deban, S.M. 1997. Modulation of prey-capture behavior in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 1951-1964.
Garcia-Paris, M. and S.M. Deban 1995. A novel antipredator mechanism in salamanders: rolling escape in Hydromantes platycephalus. Journal of Herpetology 29: 149-151.
Deban, S.M., J.C. O’Reilly, and T.C. Theimer 1994. Mechanism of defensive inflation in the chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus. Journal of Experimental Zoology 270: 451-459.
Nishikawa, K.C., C.W. Anderson, S.M. Deban, and J.C. O’Reilly 1992. The evolution of neural circuits controlling feeding behavior in frogs. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 40: 125-140.
Deban, S.M. and K.C. Nishikawa 1992. The kinematics of prey capture and the mechanism of tongue protraction in the green tree frog Hyla cinerea. Journal of Experimental Biology 170: 235-256.