Publications

2024

• J.M. Ondracek. Sleep and memory in non-mammalian neural-architectures. (2024).  Neuroforum Volume 30 Issue 2 e-ISSN 2363-7013. https://nwg-info.de/sites/nwg-info.de/files/media/pdf/neuroforum/Neuroforum_02-2024.pdf
• C. Lorenz, A. Das, E.G.Z. Centeno, H. Yeganegi, R. Duvoisin, R. Ursu, A. Retailleau, N. Giret, A. Leblois, R.H.R. Hahnloser, J.M. Ondracek. (2024). Neural population dynamics during sleep in a songbird vocal circuit resemble sharp wave ripple activity. bioRxiv 2024.09.03.610933; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.610933
• H. Yeganegi and J.M. Ondracek. (2024). Local sleep in songbirds: Different simultaneous sleep states across the avian pallium. Journal of Sleep Research, e14344. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14344

2023

• H. Yeganegi and J.M. Ondracek. (2023). Multi-channel recordings reveal age-related differences in the sleep of juvenile and adult zebra finches. Scientific Reports, 13, 8607. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35160-1
• S.C. Suess, J. Werner, A.M. Saller, L. Weiss, J. Reiser, J.M. Ondracek, Y. Zablotski, S. Kollmansperger, M. Anders, H. Potschka, B. Schusser, T. Fenzl, C. Baumgartner. (2023). Nociception in chicken embryos, Part III: Analysis of movements before and after application of a noxious stimulus. Animals, 13(18), 2859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13182859

2022

• G. Maldarelli, U. Firzlaff, L. Kettler, J.M. Ondracek, H. Luksch. (2022). Two types of auditory spatial receptive fields in different parts of the chicken’s midbrain. Journal of Neuroscience, JN-RM-2204-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2204-21.2022

2019

• H. Yeganegi, H. Luksch, and J.M. Ondracek. (2019). Hippocampal-like network dynamics underlie avian sharp wave-ripples. bioRxiv, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/825075

2017

• A. Jovalekic, S. Cave-Lopez, A. Canopoli, J.M. Ondracek, A. Nager, A.L. Vyssotski, and R.H.R. Hahnloser. (2017). A lightweight feedback-controlled microdrive for chronic neural recordings. Journal of neural engineering, 14(2):026006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aa5848

2016

•  M. Shein-Idelson*, J.M. Ondracek*, H.-P. Liaw, S. Reiter, and G. Laurent. (2016). Slow waves, sharp waves, ripples, and REM in sleeping dragons. Science (New York, N.Y.), 352 (6285):590. *authors contributed equally to this work DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf3621
• G. Laurent, J. Fournier, M. Hemberger, C.M. Müller, R. Naumann, J.M. Ondracek, L. Pammer, S. Reiter, M. Shein-Idelson, M. A. Tosches, and T. Yamawaki. (2016). “Cortical Evolution: Introduction to the Reptilian Cortex.” In G. Buzsáki, & Y. Christen, (Eds.), Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Dynamics of the Brain, pp 23-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28802-4 2

2015

• R.K. Naumann, J.M. Ondracek, S. Reiter, M. Shein-Idelson, M.A. Tosches, T.M. Yamawaki, and G. Laurent. (2015). The reptilian brain. Current Biology, 25(8):R317–R321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.049

2013

• J.M. Ondracek and R.H.R. Hahnloser. (2013) “Advances in Understanding the Auditory Brain of Song- birds.” In C. Köppl, G. Manley, A. Popper, & R. Fay (Eds.), Springer Handbook in Auditory Research: Insights from Comparative Hearing Research. Volume 49, pp 347-388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/2506 2013 31

2010-2007

• J.M. Ondracek, I. Willuhn, H. Steiner, and A.R. West. (2010). Interactions between Procedural Learning and Cocaine Exposure Alter Spontaneous and Cortically Evoked Spike Activity in the Dorsal Striatum. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 4(847):206. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2010.00206
• J.M. Ondracek, A. Dec, K.E. Hoque, S.A.O. Lim, G. Rasouli, R.P. Indorkar, J. Linardakis, B. Klika, S.J. Mukherji, M. Burnazi, S. Threlfell, S. Sammut, and A.R. West. (2008). Feed-forward excitation of striatal neuron activity by frontal cortical activation of nitric oxide signaling in vivo. The European journal of neuroscience, 27(7):1739– 54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06157.x
• B.E. Hetzler1 , J.M. Ondracek, and E.A. Becker. (2008). Baclofen does not counteract the acute effects of ethanol on flash-evoked potentials in Long-Evans rats. The International journal of neuroscience, 118(11):1558–81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450802328201
• B.E. Hetzler1 and J.M. Ondracek. (2007). Baclofen alters flash-evoked potentials in Long- Evans rats. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 86(4):727–40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2007.02.020