Scientific Publications
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.