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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Mark S. Blumberg is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, neurology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics in their work include sleep and wakefulness research, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, sleep and related disorders, vestibular and auditory disorders, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark S. Blumberg include the following:

  • What Is REM Sleep? (2020) published in Current Biology
  • Sleep, plasticity, and sensory neurodevelopment (2022) published in Neuron
  • Protracted development of motor cortex constrains rich interpretations of infant cognition (2023) published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Mark S. Blumberg has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Greta Sokoloff, James C. Dooley, Ryan M. Glanz, Lex J. Gómez, and Rebecca Y. Wen.

The scientist has published multiple articles in several journals and venues. The most common venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SLEEP
  • Current Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychobiology

The research contributions have resulted in recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2005 and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 1981.

Best Publications

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups in the cold: an acoustic by-product of laryngeal braking?

    Mark S. Blumberg;Jeffrey R. Alberts

  • Do infant rats cry

    Mark S. Blumberg;Greta Sokoloff

  • Dynamics of sleep-wake cyclicity in developing rats

    Mark S Blumberg;Adele M H Seelke;Steven B Lowen;Karl A E Karlsson

  • The Neural Substrates of Infant Sleep in Rats

    Karl A E Karlsson;Andrew J Gall;Ethan J Mohns;Adele M H Seelke

  • Twitching in sensorimotor development from sleeping rats to robots.

    Mark S. Blumberg;Hugo Gravato Marques;Hugo Gravato Marques;Fumiya Iida

  • What Is REM Sleep

    Mark S. Blumberg;John A. Lesku;Paul-Antoine Libourel;Markus H. Schmidt

  • Rapid Whisker Movements in Sleeping Newborn Rats

    Alexandre Tiriac;Brandt D. Uitermarkt;Alexander S. Fanning;Greta Sokoloff

  • Animal mind and the argument from design.

    Mark S. Blumberg;Edward A. Wasserman

  • Thermoregulatory competence and behavioral expression in the young of altricial species--revisited.

    Mark S. Blumberg;Greta Sokoloff

  • The microstructure of active and quiet sleep as cortical delta activity emerges in infant rats.

    Adele M. H. Seelke;Mark S. Blumberg

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups: the primary importance of ambient temperature and the thermal significance of contact comfort.

    Mark S. Blumberg;Inna V. Efimova;Jeffrey R. Alberts

  • Spatiotemporal Structure of REM Sleep Twitching Reveals Developmental Origins of Motor Synergies

    Mark S. Blumberg;Cassandra M. Coleman;Ashlynn I. Gerth;Bob McMurray

  • Self-generated movements with "unexpected" sensory consequences.

    Alexandre Tiriac;Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez;Mark S. Blumberg

  • The development of sleep-wake rhythms and the search for elemental circuits in the infant brain.

    Mark S. Blumberg;Andrew J. Gall;William D. Todd

  • Synchronous Bursts of Neuronal Activity in the Developing Hippocampus: Modulation by Active Sleep and Association with Emerging Gamma and Theta Rhythms

    Ethan J. Mohns;Mark S. Blumberg

  • A DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPONENT ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE SLEEP

    Mark S. Blumberg;Dennis E. Lucas

  • Neocortical Activation of the Hippocampus during Sleep in Infant Rats

    Ethan J. Mohns;Mark S. Blumberg

  • Multimodal imaging of repetition priming: Using fMRI, MEG, and intracranial EEG to reveal spatiotemporal profiles of word processing.

    Carrie R. McDonald;Thomas Thesen;Thomas Thesen;Chad Carlson;Mark Blumberg

  • Inter-litter competition and communal nursing among Norway rats: advantages of birth synchrony

    Julie A. Mennella;Mark S. Blumberg;Martha K. McClintock;Howard Moltz

  • Thermogenesis, Myoclonic Twitching, and Ultrasonic Vocalization in Neonatal Rats During Moderate and Extreme Cold Exposure

    Mark S. Blumberg;Matthew A. Stolba

  • A new view of "dream enactment" in REM sleep behavior disorder

    Mark S. Blumberg;Alan M. Plumeau

  • Oxford handbook of developmental behavioral neuroscience

    Mark Samuel Blumberg;John Henry Freeman;Scott R. Robinson

  • Report Rapid Whisker Movements in Sleeping Newborn Rats

    Alexandre Tiriac;Brandt D. Uitermarkt;Alexander S. Fanning;Greta Sokoloff

  • Report Self-Generated Movements with ''Unexpected'' Sensory Consequences

    Alexandre Tiriac;Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez;Mark S. Blumberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Bob McMurray
Bob McMurray University of Iowa
Thomas Thesen
Thomas Thesen New York University
Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman University of Iowa
John P. Spencer
John P. Spencer University of East Anglia
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Eric Halgren
Eric Halgren University of California, San Diego
Niels Christian Rattenborg
Niels Christian Rattenborg Max Planck Society
Roger L. Reep
Roger L. Reep University of Florida
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky New York University
Sydney S. Cash
Sydney S. Cash Harvard University

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