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Martinez-Gonzalez, D., van Hasselt, S. J., Mekenkmap, G. -J., Vyssotski, A. L., Verhulst, S., Meerlo, P., & Rattenborg, N. C. (2020). Sleep in the European Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula). Journal of Sleep Research, 29, 234-234.

Marti, A. R., Pedersen, T. T., Wisor, J. P., Mrdalj, J., Holmelid, O., Patil, S., Meerlo, P., Bramham, C. R., & Gronli, J. (2020). Cognitive function and brain plasticity in a rat model of shift work: Role of daily rhythms, sleep and glucocorticoids. Scientific Reports, 10(1), [13141]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69969-x

Heckman, P. R. A., Roig Kuhn, F., Raven, F., Bolsius, Y. G., Prickaerts, J., Meerlo, P., & Havekes, R. (2020). Phosphodiesterase inhibitors roflumilast and vardenafil prevent sleep deprivation-induced deficits in spatial pattern separation. Synapse, 74(6), [e22150]. https://doi.org/10.1002/syn.22150

van Hasselt, S. J., Rusche, M., Vyssotski, A. L., Verhulst, S., Rattenborg, N. C., & Meerlo, P. (2020). The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) shows signs of NREM sleep homeostasis but has very little REM sleep and no REM sleep homeostasis. Sleep, 43(6), 1-10. [311]. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz311

van Hasselt, S. J., Rusche, M., Vyssotski, A. L., Verhulst, S., Rattenborg, N. C., & Meerlo, P. (2020). Sleep time in the European starling is strongly affected by night length and moon phase. Current Biology, 30(9), 1664-1671.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.052

Ota, S. M., Hut, R. A., Riede, S. J., Crosby, P., Suchecki, D., & Meerlo, P. (2020). Social stress and glucocorticoids alter PERIOD2 rhythmicity in the liver, but not in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Hormones and Behavior, 120, [104683]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104683

Raven, F., Bolsius, Y. G., van Renssen, L. V., Meijer, E. L., van der Zee, E. A., Meerlo, P., & Havekes, R. (2020). Elucidating the role of protein synthesis in hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation across the day and night. European Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14684

Raven, F., Heckman, P. R. A., Havekes, R., & Meerlo, P. (2019). Sleep deprivation-induced impairment of memory consolidation is not mediated by glucocorticoid stress hormones. Journal of Sleep Research, [e12972]. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12972

Havekes, R., Heckman, P. R. A., Wams, E. J., Stasiukonyte, N., Meerlo, P., & Eisel, U. L. M. (2019). Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: The role of disturbed sleep in attenuated brain plasticity and neurodegenerative processes. Cellular Signalling, 64, [109420]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.109420

Ulgezen, Z. N., Käpylä, T., Meerlo, P., Spoelstra, K., Visser, M. E., & Dominoni, D. M. (2019). The preference and costs of sleeping under light at night in forest and urban great tits. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 286(1905), [20190872]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0872

Raven, F., Meerlo, P., van der Zee, E. A., Abel, T., & Havekes, R. (2019). A brief period of sleep deprivation causes spine loss in the dentate gyrus of mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 160, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.03.018

Havekes, R., Aton, S., Tudor, J. C., & Meerlo, P. (2019). NLM special issue on sleep and hippocampal function. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 160, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.03.009

Havekes, R. (Guest ed.), Aton, S. J. (Guest ed.), Meerlo, P. (Guest ed.), & Tudor, J. C. (Guest ed.) (2019). Sleep and Hippocampal Function. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 160, 1-172. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neurobiology-of-learning-and-memory/vol/160/suppl/C

Ota, S. M., Suchecki, D., & Meerlo, P. (2018). Chronic social defeat stress suppresses locomotor activity but does not affect the free-running circadian period of the activity rhythm in mice. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 5, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbscr.2018.03.002

Rempe, M. J., Grønli, J., Thue Pedersen, T., Mrdalj, J., Marti, A., Meerlo, P., & Wisor, J. P. (2018). Mathematical modeling of sleep state dynamics in a rodent model of shift work. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 5, 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbscr.2018.04.002

Raven, F., Zee, van der, E., Meerlo, P., & Havekes, R. (2018). The role of sleep in regulating structural plasticity and synaptic strength: Implications for memory and cognitive function. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 39, 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2017.05.002

Meerlo, P. (2018). Chronically disrupted sleep, neuronal plasticity and depression. Neuropsychobiology, 76(1), 24-24.

Sengupta, A., Rhoades, S. D., Kim, E. J., Nayak, S., Grant, G. R., Meerlo, P., & Weljie, A. M. (2017). Sleep restriction induced energy, methylation and lipogenesis metabolic switches in rat liver. International journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 93, 129-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2017.08.014

Ouyang, J. Q., de Jong, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Matson, K. D., Haussmann, M. F., Meerlo, P., Visser, M., & Spoelstra, K. (2017). What type of rigorous experiments are needed to investigate the impact of artificial light at night on individuals and populations? Global Change Biology, 23(12), e9-e10. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13894

Rattenborg, N. C., de la Iglesia, H. O., Kempenaers, B., Lesku, J. A., Meerlo, P., & Scriba, M. F. (2017). Sleep research goes wild: New methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 372(1734). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0251

Ouyang, J. Q., de Jong, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Matson, K. D., Haussmann, M. F., Meerlo, P., Visser, M. E., & Spoelstra, K. (2017). Restless roosts: Light pollution affects behavior, sleep, and physiology in a free-living songbird. Global Change Biology, 23(11), 4987-4994. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13756

Marti, A. R., Patil, S., Mrdalj, J., Meerlo, P., Skrede, S., Pallesen, S., Pedersen, T. T., Bramham, C. R., & Gronli, J. (2017). No Escaping the Rat Race: Simulated Night Shift Work Alters the Time-of-Day Variation in BMAL1 Translational Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 11, 1-12. [70]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2017.00070

Schaafsma, W., Basterra, L. B., Jacobs, S., Brouwer, N., Meerlo, P., Schaafsma, A., Boddeke, E. W. G. M., & Eggen, B. J. L. (2017). Maternal inflammation induces immune activation of fetal microglia and leads to disrupted microglia immune responses, behavior, and learning performance in adulthood. Neurobiology of Disease, 106, 291-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2017.07.017

Grønli, J., Meerlo, P., Pedersen, T. T., Pallesen, S., Skrede, S., Marti, A. R., Wisor, J. P., Murison, R., Henriksen, T. E. G., Rempe, M. J., & Mrdalj, J. (2017). A rodent model of night-shift work induces short-term and enduring sleep and electroencephalographic disturbances. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 32(1), 48-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730416675460

Zhang, S. L., Bai, L., Goel, N., Bailey, A., Jang, C. J., Bushman, F. D., Meerlo, P., Dinges, D. F., & Sehgal, A. (2017). Human and rat gut microbiome composition is maintained following sleep restriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(8), E1564-E1571. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620673114

Kamphuis, J., Baichel, S., Lancel, M., De Boer, S. F., Koolhaas, J. M., & Meerlo, P. (2017). Sleep restriction in rats leads to changes in operant behaviour indicative of reduced prefrontal cortex function. Journal of Sleep Research, 26(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12455

Koolhaas, J. M., de Boer, S. F., Buwalda, B., & Meerlo, P. (2017). Social stress models in rodents: Towards enhanced validity. Neurobiology of stress, 6(SI), 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2016.09.003

Marti, A. R., Meerlo, P., Grønli, J., van Hasselt, S. J., Mrdalj, J., Pallesen, S., Pedersen, T. T., Henriksen, T. E. G., & Skrede, S. (2016). Shift in Food Intake and Changes in Metabolic Regulation and Gene Expression during Simulated Night-Shift Work: A Rat Model. Nutrients, 8(11), [712]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8110712

Savolainen, H., Meerlo, P., Elsinga, P. H., Windhorst, A. D., Dierckx, R., Colabufo, N. A., van Waarde, A., & Luurtsema, G. (2016). P-glycoprotein function in the rodent brain displays a daily rhythm, A quantitative in vivo PET study. The AAPS Journal, 18(6), 1524-1531. https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-016-9973-3

Sijbesma, J. W. A., Zhou, X., Vállez García, D., Houwertjes, M. C., Doorduin, J., Kwizera, C., Maas, B., Meerlo, P., Dierckx, R. A., Slart, R. H. J. A., Elsinga, P. H., & van Waarde, A. (2016). Novel Approach to Repeated Arterial Blood Sampling in Small Animal PET: Application in a Test-Retest Study with the Adenosine A1 Receptor Ligand [C-11]MPDX. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 18(5), 715-723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-016-0954-9

Rusche, M., van Hasselt, S. J., Verhulst, S., Rattenborg, N., Vyssotski, A., & Meerlo, P. (2016). EEG based quantitative and qualitative analysis of sleep and sleep homeostasis in the European starling. Journal of Sleep Research, 25, 339-339.

Kamphuis, J., Baichel, S., Lancel, M., de Boer, S., Koolhaas, J., & Meerlo, P. (2016). Sleep deprived rats show disruptions in operant conditioning behaviour most likely reflecting impaired prefrontal cortex function. Journal of Sleep Research, 25, 148-148.

Havekes, R., Park, A. J., Tolentino, R. E., Bruinenberg, V. M., Tudor, J. C., Lee, Y., Hansen, R. T., Guercio, L. A., Linton, E., Neves-Zaph, S. R., Meerlo, P., Baillie, G. S., Houslay, M. D., & Abel, T. (2016). Compartmentalized PDE4A5 Signaling Impairs Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Long-Term Memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36(34), 8936-8946. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0248-16.2016

Havekes, R., Park, A. J., Tudor, J. C., Luczak, V. G., Hansen, R. T., Ferri, S. L., Bruinenberg, V. M., Poplawski, S. G., Day, J. P., Aton, S. J., Radwańska, K., Meerlo, P., Houslay, M. D., Baillie, G. S., & Abel, T. (2016). Sleep deprivation causes memory deficits by negatively impacting neuronal connectivity in hippocampal area CA1. eLife, 5, [13424]. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13424

Savolainen, H., Meerlo, P., van Waarde, A., Elsinga, P., Windhorst, A. D., Colabufo, N., & Luurtsema, G. (2015). PET imaging of P-glycoprotein function at the rodent BBB: Diurnal fluctuations and impact of sleep deprivation. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 42, S119-S119.

Sijbesma, J. W. A., Zhou, X., Doorduin, J., Houwertjes, M., Kwizera, C., Maas, B., Meerlo, P., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Slart, R. H. J. A., Elsinga, P. H., & Van Waarde, A. (2015). Test-retest reproducibility of adenosine A1 receptor imaging in rats, using microPET, the tracer 11C-MPDX, repeated arterial blood sampling and kinetic modeling. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 42, S541-S542.

Schaafsma, W., Zhang, X., van Zomeren, K. C., Jacobs, S., Georgieva, P. B., Wolf, S. A., Kettenmann, H., Janova, H., Saiepour, N., Hanisch, U. -K., Meerlo, P., van den Elsen, P. J., Brouwer, N., Boddeke, H. W. G. M., & Eggen, B. J. L. (2015). Long-lasting pro-inflammatory suppression of microglia by LPS-preconditioning is mediated by RelB-dependent epigenetic silencing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 48, 205-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.013

Kamphuis, J., Lancel, M., Koolhaas, J. M., & Meerlo, P. (2015). Deep sleep after social stress: NREM sleep slow-wave activity is enhanced in both winners and losers of a conflict. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 47, 149-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.12.022

Palagini, L., Drake, C. L., Gehrman, P., Meerlo, P., & Riemann, D. (2015). Early-life origin of adult insomnia: Does prenatal-early-life stress play a role? Sleep Medicine, 16(4), 446-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2014.10.013

Weljie, A. M., Meerlo, P., Goel, N., Sengupta, A., Kayser, M. S., Abel, T., Birnbaum, M. J., Dinges, D. F., & Sehgal, A. (2015). Oxalic acid and diacylglycerol 36:3 are cross-species markers of sleep debt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(8), 2569-2574. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417432112

Visser, A. K. D., Ettrup, A., Klein, A. B., van Waarde, A., Bosker, F. J., Meerlo, P., Knudsen, G. M., & De Boer, S. F. (2015). Similar serotonin-2A receptor binding in rats with different coping styles or levels of aggression. Synapse, 69(4), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.1002/syn.21810

Kreutzmann, J. C., Havekes, R., Abel, T., & Meerlo, P. (2015). Sleep deprivation and hippocampal vulnerability: Changes in neuronal plasticity, neurogenesis and cognitive function. Neuroscience, 309, 173-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.04.053