Scientific Publications

Anderson, C.V. and S.M. Deban. 2010. Ballistic tongue projection in chameleons maintains high performance at low temperature. PNAS. Early edition. ←pdf

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., O’Reilly, J. C., Dicke, U. and van Leeuwen, J. L. 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.

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.