BIBLIOGRAPHY



Select research articles
  • Walker MP & van der Helm. Overnight Therapy? The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Processing. Psychological Bulletin 2009; 135(5), 731-748.

  • Nishida M, Pearsall J, Buckner RL, & Walker MP. Prefrontal theta during REM sleep enhances emotional memory. Cereb Cortex 2009; 19:1158-1166.

  • Walker MP. The role of sleep in cognition and emotion. NYAS 2009; 1156:168-197.

  • Yoo SS, Gujar N, Hu P, Jolesz FA & Walker MP. The human emotional brain without sleep: A prefrontal-amygdala disconnect. Current Biology 2007; 17(20): 877-878.

  • Ellenbogen J, Hu P, Payne JD, Titone D & Walker MP. Human relational memory requires time and sleep. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104: 7723-7728.

  • Yoo SS, Gujar N, Hu P, Jolesz FA & Walker MP. A deficit in the ability to form new human memories without sleep. Nature Neuroscience 2007; 10: 385-392.

  • Walker MP & Stickgold R. Sleep, Memory and Plasticity. Annu Rev Psychol 2006; 57: 139-166.

  • Stickgold R & Walker MP. Memory consolidation and reconsolidation: What is the role of sleep? Trends in Neuroscience 2005; 28(8): 408-415.

  • Walker MP & Stickgold R. Sleep-dependent learning and memory consolidation. Neuron 2004; 44: 121-133.

  • Walker MP, Brakefield T, Hobson JA & Stickgold R. Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Nature 2003;425(6958):616-20.

  • Stickgold R, Fosse R & Walker MP. Linking brain and behavior in sleep-dependent learning and memory consolidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002;99(26):16519-21.

  • Walker MP, Brakefield T, Morgan A, JA Hobson & R Stickgold. Practice then Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep Dependent Motor Skill Learning. Neuron 2002; 35(1):205-11.

  • Walker MP & JA Hobson. Neuroimaging of the sleeping brain. Neuron 2000;28(3): 629-631

  • Perry EK, Walker MP, Grace J and Perry R. Acetylcholine in mind: A neurotransmitter correlate of consciousness. Trends in Neuroscience 1999; 22: 273-280.


Full article list

  • Walker MP & van der Helm. Overnight Therapy? The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Processing. Psychological Bulletin 2009; 135(5), 731-748.

  • Gujar N, Yoo SS, Hu P, Walker MP. The Unrested Resting Brain: Sleep Deprivation Alters Activity within the Default-mode Network. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2009; In press.

  • Payne JD, Schacter DL, Propper RE, Huang LW, Wamsley EJ, Tucker MA, Walker MP, Stickgold R. The role of sleep in false memory formation. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2009; 92: 327-334.

  • Nishida M, Pearsall J, Buckner RL, & Walker MP. Prefrontal theta during REM sleep enhances emotional memory. Cereb Cortex 2009; 19:1158-1166.

  • Walker MP. The role of sleep in cognition and emotion. NYAS 2009; 1156:168-197.

  • Walker MP. Cognitive consequences of sleep and sleep loss. Sleep Medicine 2008; 16(5): 287-298.

  • Walker MP. Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing. Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2008; 16(5): 287-298.

  • Yoo SS, Gujar N, Hu P, Jolesz FA & Walker MP. The human emotional brain without sleep: A prefrontal-amygdala disconnect. Current Biology 2007; 17(20): 877-878.

  • Stickgold R & Walker MP. Sleep-dependent memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Sleep Med 2007; 8: 331-343.

  • Ellenbogen J, Hu P, Payne JD, Titone D, Walker MP. Human relational memory requires time and sleep. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104: 7723-7728.

  • Nishida M, Walker MP. Daytime naps, motor memory consolidation and regionally specific sleep spindles. PLoS One 2007; 2: e341.

  • Yoo SS, Gujar N, Hu P, Jolesz FA & Walker MP. A deficit in the ability to form new human memories without sleep. Nature Neurosci 2007; 10: 385-392.

  • Hu P, Stylos-Allen M & Walker MP. Sleep facilitates consolidation of emotional declarative memory. Psychol Sci 2006; 17(10): 891-898

  • Walker MP. Sleep to Remember. American Scientist 2006; 94(4): 326-333.

  • Walker MP & Stickgold R. Sleep, Memory and Plasticity. Annu Rev Psychol 2006; 57: 139-166.

  • Walker MP, Stickgold R, Jolesz FA & Yoo SS. The functional anatomy of sleep-dependent visual skill learning. Cereb Cortex 2005; 15: 1666-1675.

  • Pace-Schott, E. F., Stickgold, R., Muzur, A., Wigren, P., Ward, A. S., Hart, C., D, Walker, M.P., Edgar, C. & Hobson, J. A. Cognitive Performance by Humans During a Smoked Cocaine Binge-Abstinence Cycle. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2005;31:571-591.

  • Walker MP. Stickgold R. Alsop D. Gaab N. & Schlaug G. Sleep-dependent motor memory plasticity in the human brain. Neuroscience 2005; 133: 911-917.

  • Stickgold R. & Walker MP. Memory consolidation and reconsolidation: What is the role of sleep? Trends Neurosci 2005; 28(8): 408-415.

  • Kuriyama K, Stickgold R & Walker MP. Sleep-dependent learning and motor skill complexity. Learn Mem. 2004; 11: 705-713

  • Walker MP. Past, present and the future: Discussions surrounding a new model of sleep-dependent learning and memory processing. Behav Brain Sci. 2005;28(1): 51-64

  • Walker MP & Stickgold R. Sleep-dependent learning and memory consolidation. Neuron 2004; 44: 121-133

  • Walker MP. A new model of sleep and the time course of memory formation. Behav Brain Sci. 2005;28(1):87-97

  • Gaab N, Paetzold M, Becker M, Walker MP & Schlaug G. The influence of sleep on auditory learning - A behavioral study. Neuroreport 2004; 15: 731-734

  • Walker MP, Brakefield T, Hobson JA & Stickgold R. Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Nature 2003;425(6958):616-20

  • Walker MP. & Stickgold R. It's practice with sleep that makes perfect: Implications of sleep-dependent learning and plasticity for skill performance. Clinics in Sports Medicine 2005; 24: 301-317.

  • Walker MP, Brakefield T, Hobson JA & Stickgold R. Sleep and the Time Course of Motor Skill Learning. Learn Mem. 2003;10(4):275-284

  • Stickgold R, Fosse R & Walker MP. Linking brain and behavior in sleep-dependent learning and memory consolidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002;99(26):16519-21

  • Walker MP an&d JA Hobson. Neuroimaging and the sleeping brain. Neuron 2000;28(3): 629-631

  • Walker MP, Liston C, Hobson JA, Stickgold R. Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2002; 14(3):317-24

  • Walker MP, Brakefield T, Morgan A, JA Hobson & R Stickgold. Practice then Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep Dependent Motor Skill Learning. Neuron 2002; 35(1):205-11

  • Grace J, Walker MP, McKeith IG. A comparison of sleep profiles in patients with DLB and AD. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2000:15(11):1028-33

  • Walker MP, O'Brien J, Rowan E, McKeith I. The characterisation and impact of 'fluctuating' cognition in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2001:16(5):494-8

  • Singleton AB, Wharton A, O'Brien KK, Walker MP, McKeith IG, Ballard CG, et al. Clinical and neuropathological correlates of apolipoprotein E genotype in dementia with Lewy bodies. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2002;14(4):167-175

  • Ballard C, O'Brien J, Gray A, Cormack F, Ayre G, Rowan E, Thompson P, McKeith I, Walker MP, Tovee M. Attention and fluctuating attention in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2001;58(6):977-82

  • Walker MP, Ayre GA, Perry EK, Wesnes K, McKeith IG, Tovee M, Edwardson JA, Ballard CG. Quantification and characterization of fluctuating cognition in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2000:11(6):327-35

  • Perry EK, Walker MP, Grace J and Perry R. Acetylcholine in mind: A neurotransmitter correlate of consciousness. Trends in Neuroscience 1999; 22:273-280

  • Walker MP, Ayre GA, Cummings JL, Wesnes K, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT, Ballard CG. Quantifying Fluctuation in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease and Vascular dementia . Neurology 2000; 54(8):1616-25

  • Walker MP, & Ballard C, Dementia with Lewy Bodies. CNS 1998; 47, 1113-1124.

  • Walker MP, Ayre GA, Cummings JL, Wesnes K, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT, Ballard CG. The Clinician Fluctuation assessment and the Fluctuation Assessment Scale: The Concurrent Validity of Two Methods to Assess Fluctuating Confusion in Dementia. British Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 117:252-256

  • Walker MP, Ayre GA, Ashton CH, et al. A Psychophysiological investigation of fluctuating consciousness in neurodegenerative dementia. Human Psychopharmacology 1999;14:483-489

  • Starkey SJ, Walker MP, Beresford IJ, Hagan RM. Modulation of the rat suprachiasmatic circadian clock by melatonin in vitro. Neuroreport 1995; 26 (14):1947-51


Books chapters


  • Walker MP. & Stickgold R. Sleep and Memory Consolidation. In: Sleep Disorders Medicine (3rd Edition). Editor: S. Chokroverty. 2006

  • Walker MP, Perry EK, Perry R. Dementia… A disorder of Consciousness? In Chemistry of Consciousnes: Neurotransmitters in mind. Eds: Perry EK and Perry R. John Benjamin's Publishing company. 2001

  • Perry R, Walker MP, Perry EK. Dementia with Lewy bodies: A new avenue for research into neurobiological mechanisms of consciousness? In Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinsons Disease. Eds: EJ Fisher et al. Plenum Press, New York, 1998

  • Walker MP. Sleep-dependent memory consolidation. In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Elsevier. In Press

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