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Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen

AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation, IBU
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11
26129 Oldenburg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3081 or 3095

E-mail: henrik.mouritsen[at]uol.de

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Publication list

Peer-reviewed research papers

2023

Bassetto M, Reichl T, Kobylkov D, Kattnig DR, Winklhofer M, Hore PJ, Mouritsen H. No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila. Nature. 2023 Aug;620(7974):595-599. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06397-7

Leberecht B*, Wong SY*, Satish B, Döge S, Hindman J, Venkatraman L, Apte S, Haase K, Musielak I, Dautaj G, Solov’yov IA, Winklhofer M, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ (2023) Upper bound for broadband radiofrequency field disruption of magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds. PNAS 120(28):e2301153120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301153120 *Authors contributed equally to this work.

Balaji V, Haverkamp S, Seth PK, Günther A, Mendoza E, Schmidt J, Herrmann M, Pfeiffer LL, Němec P, Scharff C, Mouritsen H, Dedek K (2023) Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species. J Comp Neurol. 531(4):561-581. doi.org/10.1002/cne.25443

Timmer D, Frederiksen A, Lünemann DC, Thomas AR, Xu J, Bartölke R, Schmidt J, Kubař T, De Sio A, Solov'yov IA, Mouritsen H, Lienau C. Tracking the Electron Transfer Cascade in European Robin Cryptochrome 4 Mutants. J Am Chem Soc. 2023;145(21):11566-11578. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00442

Pažėra GJ, Benjamin P, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ. Isotope Substitution Effects on the Magnetic Compass Properties of Cryptochrome-Based Radical Pairs: A Computational Study. J Phys Chem B. 2023;127(4):838-845. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05335

2022

Behrens, C., Yadav, S. C., Korympidou, M. M., Zhang, Y., Haverkamp, S., Irsen, S., ... & Schubert, T. (2022). Retinal horizontal cells use different synaptic sites for global feedforward and local feedback signaling. Current Biology32(3), 545-558. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.055

Chetverikova, R., Dautaj, G., Schwigon, L., Dedek, K., & Mouritsen, H. (2022). Double cones in the avian retina form an oriented mosaic which might facilitate magnetoreception and/or polarized light sensing. Journal of the Royal Society Interface19(189), 20210877. doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5921943

Curdt, F., Haase, K., Ziegenbalg, L., Greb, H., Heyers, D., & Winklhofer, M. (2022). Prussian blue technique is prone to yield false negative results in magnetoreception research. Scientific reports12(1), 8803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12398-9  

Einwich, A., Seth, P. K., Bartölke, R., Bolte, P., Feederle, R., Dedek, K., & Mouritsen, H. (2022). Localisation of cryptochrome 2 in the avian retina. Journal of Comparative Physiology A208(1), 69-81. doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01506-1 

Haase, K., Musielak, I., Warmuth-Moles, L., Leberecht, B., Zolotareva, A., Mouritsen, H., & Heyers, D. (2022). In Search for the Avian Trigeminal Magnetic Sensor: Distribution of Peripheral and Central Terminals of Ophthalmic Sensory Neurons in the Night-Migratory Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy16. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2022.853401

Hanić, M., Schuhmann, F., Frederiksen, A., Langebrake, C., Manthey, G., Liedvogel, M., ... & Solov’yov, I. A. (2022). Computational Reconstruction and Analysis of Structural Models of Avian Cryptochrome 4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Bdoi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00878

Heyers, D., Musielak, I., Haase, K. et al. Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird. Brain Struct Funct 227, 2731–2749 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02566-y 

Kobylkov, D., Musielak, I., Haase, K., Rook, N., von Eugen, K., Dedek, K., Güntürkün, O., Mouritsen, H., & Heyers, D. (2022). Morphology of the "prefrontal" nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Neuroscience letters789, 136869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136869 

Leberecht, B., Kobylkov, D., Karwinkel, T., Döge, S., Burnus, L., Wong, S. Y., ... & Mouritsen, H. (2022). Broadband 75–85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor. Journal of Comparative Physiology A208(1), 97-106. doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01537-8 

Wynn, J., Padget, O., Mouritsen, H., Morford, J., Jaggers, P., & Guilford, T. (2022). Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration. Science375(6579), 446-449. DOI: 10.1126/science.abj4210

2021

Wong, S. Y., Wei, Y., Mouritsen, H., Solov'yov, I. A., & Hore, P. J. (2021). Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three. Journal of the Royal Society Interface18(184), 20210601. doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0601

Spiecker, L., Leberecht, B., Langebrake, C., Laurien, M., Apte, S. R., Mouritsen, H., ... & Liedvogel, M. (2021). Endless skies and open seas–how birds and fish navigate. Neuroforum27(3), 127-139. doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0009

Lünemann, D. C., Thomas, A. R., Xu, J., Bartölke, R., Mouritsen, H., De Sio, A., & Lienau, C. (2021). Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy. Optics express29(15), 24326-24337. doi.org/10.1364/OE.428850

Xu, J., Jarocha, L. E., Zollitsch, T., Konowalczyk, M., Henbest, K. B., Richert, S., ... & Hore, P. J. (2021). Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird. Nature594(7864), 535-540. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03618-9

Kishkinev, D., Packmor, F., Zechmeister, T., Winkler, H. C., Chernetsov, N., Mouritsen, H., & Holland, R. A. (2021). Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird. Current Biology31(7), 1563-1569. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.051

Dreyer, D., Frost, B., Mouritsen, H., Lefèvre, A., Menz, M., & Warrant, E. (2021). A guide for using flight simulators to study the sensory basis of long-distance migration in insects. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 119. doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.678936

Günther, A., Dedek, K., Haverkamp, S., Irsen, S., Briggman, K.L. and Mouritsen, H. (2021) Double cones and the diverse connectivity of photoreceptors and bipolar cells in an avian retina. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(23):5015–5028. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2495-20.2021

Seth, P. K., Balaji, V., & Dedek, K. (2021). The retinal circuitry for magnetoreception in migratory birds. Neuroforum27(3), 159-166. doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0007

Haverkamp, S., Albert, L., Balaji, V., Němec, P., & Dedek, K. (2021). Expression of cell markers and transcription factors in the avian retina compared with that in the marmoset retina. Journal of Comparative Neurology529(12), 3171-3193. doi.org/10.1002/cne.25154

Grothe, T., Böhm, T., Habashy, K., Abdullaeva, O. S., Zablocki, J., Lützen, A., ... & Ehrmann, A. (2021). Optical Index Matching, Flexible Electrospun Substrates for Seamless Organic Photocapacitive Sensors. physica status solidi (b)258(6), 2000543. doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202000543

Nemitz, L., Dedek, K., & Janssen-Bienhold, U. (2021). Synaptic Remodeling in the Cone Pathway After Early Postnatal Horizontal Cell Ablation. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience15, 657594. doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.657594

Haverkamp S, Albert L, Balaji V, Němec P, Dedek K (2021) Expression of cell markers and transcription factors in the avian retina compared with that in the marmoset retina. J Comp Neurol. doi: 10.1002/cne.25154

Bolte, P., Einwich, A., Seth, P. K., Chetverikova, R., Heyers, D., Wojahn, I., ... & Mouritsen, H. (2021). Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light-and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation. Ethology Ecology & Evolution33(3), 248-272. doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2020.1870571

2020

Tetenborg S, Wang HY, Nemitz L, Depping A, Espejo AB, Aseervatham J, Bedford MT, Janssen-Bienhold U, O’Brien J, Dedek K (2020) Phosphorylation of Connexin36 near the C-terminus switches binding affinities for PDZ-domain and 14-3-3 proteins in vitro. Sci Rep 10(1):18378. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75375-0.

Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., ….., Mouritsen H, ……, Zhang, G. (2020) Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature 587, 252-257. doi: /10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9

Einwich, A., Dedek, K., Seth, P. K., Laubinger, S., Mouritsen H (2020) A novel isoform of cryptochrome 4 (Cry4b) is expressed in the retina of a night-migratory songbird. Scientific Reports 10, 15794. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72579-2

Wynn, J., Padget, O., Mouritsen H, Chris Perrins, C., Guilford, T. (2020) Natal imprinting to the Earth’s magnetic field in a pelagic seabird. Current Biology 30, R802-R804. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.039

Chernetsov N, Pakhomov A, Davydov A, Cellarius F, Mouritsen H (2020) No evidence for the use of magnetic declination for migratory navigation in two songbird species. PLoS ONE 15, e0232136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232136

Wu, H., Scholten, A., Einwich, A., Mouritsen, H., Koch, K-W. (2020) Protein-protein interaction of the putative magnetoreceptor cryptochrome 4 expressed in the avian retina. Sci Rep 10, 7364. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64429-y

Kobylkov, D., Schwarze, S., Michalik, B., Winklhofer, M., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D. (2020) A newly identified trigeminal brain pathway in a night-migratory bird could be dedicated to transmitting magnetic map information. Proc. R. Soc. B 287, 20192788. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2788.

2019

Kobylkov, D., Wynn, J., Winklhofer, M., Chetverikova, R., Xu, J., Hiscock, H., ... & Mouritsen, H. (2019). Electromagnetic 0.1–100 kHz noise does not disrupt orientation in a night-migrating songbird implying a spin coherence lifetime of less than 10 µs. Journal of the Royal Society Interface16(161), 20190716. doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0716

Zoltowski, B. D., Chelliah, Y., Wickramaratne, A., Jarocha, L., Karki, N., Xu, W., ... & Takahashi, J. S. (2019). Chemical and structural analysis of a photoactive vertebrate cryptochrome from pigeon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences116(39), 19449-19457. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907875116

Nemitz, L., Dedek, K., & Janssen-Bienhold, U. (2019). Rod bipolar cells require horizontal cells for invagination into the terminals of rod photoreceptors. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience13, 423. doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2019.00423

Tetenborg, S., Yadav, S. C., Brüggen, B., Zoidl, G. R., Hormuzdi, S. G., Monyer, H., ... & Dedek, K. (2019). Localization of retinal Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II-β (CaMKII-β) at bipolar cell gap junctions and cross-reactivity of a monoclonal anti-CaMKII-β antibody with Connexin36. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience12, 206. doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00206

Abdullaeva, O. S., Balzer, F., Schulz, M., Parisi, J., Lützen, A., Dedek, K., & Schiek, M. (2019). Organic photovoltaic sensors for photocapacitive stimulation of voltage‐gated ion channels in neuroblastoma cells. Advanced Functional Materials29(21), 1805177. doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805177

Yadav, S. C., Tetenborg, S., & Dedek, K. (2019). Gap junctions in A8 amacrine cells are made of connexin36 but are differently regulated than gap junctions in AII amacrine cells. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience12, 99. doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00099

2018

Pakhomov, A., Anashina, A., Heyers, D., Kobylkov, D., Mouritsen, H., Chernetsov, N. (2018) Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input. Sci Rep. 8(1):11975. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30477-8. PMID: 30097604.

Engels, S., Treiber, C.D., Salzer, M.C., Michalik, A., Ushakova, L., Keays, D.A.*, Mouritsen, H.*, Heyers, D.* (2018) Lidocaine is a nocebo treatment for trigeminally mediated magnetic orientation in birds. J. R. Soc. Interface 15 20180124; DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0124. *Co-PIs

Dreyer, D., Frost B. J., Mouritsen, H., Günther, A., Green, K., Whitehouse, M., Johnsen, S., Heinze, S. Warrant, E. (2018) The Earth's magnetic field and visual landmarks steer migratory flight behaviour in the nocturnal Australian Bogong moth. Current Biology 28, ISSUE 13, P2160-2166. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.030

Mouritsen, H. (2018) Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals. Nature 558, 50-59. For full text click here: link

Meyer A., Yadav SC., Dedek K. (2018) Phenotyping of Gap-Junctional Coupling. Methods Mol Biol 1753: 249-259. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7720-8_17.

Ströh, S., Puller, C., Swirski, S., Hölzel, M-B., van der Linde, LIS., Segelken, J., Schultz, K., Block, C., Monyer, H., Willecke, K., Weiler, R., Greschner, M., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Dedek, K.(2018) Eliminating Glutamatergic Input onto Horizontal Cells Changes the Dynamic Range and Receptive Field Organization of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0141-17.2018.

Günther, A., Einwich, A., Sjulstok, E., Feederle, R., Bolte, P., Koch, K.-W., Solov’yov, I.A., Mouritsen, H. (2018) Double-Cone Localization and Seasonal Expression Pattern Suggest a Role in Magnetoreception for European Robin Cryptochrome 4. Current Biology 28, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.003

2017

Tetenborg, S., Yadav, SC., Hormuzdi, SG., Monyer, H., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Dedek, K.: (2017) Differential Distribution of Retinal Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II (CaMKII) Isoforms Indicates CaMKII-β and -δ as Specific Elements of Electrical Synapses Made of Connexin36 (Cx36). Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 10. dog: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00425.

Worster, S., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J. (2017) A light-dependent magnetoreception mechanism insensitive to light intensity and polarization. J. R. Soc. Interface 14 20170405; DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0405.

Hiscock, H. G., Mouritsen, H., Manolopoulos, D. E., Hore, P. J. (2017) Disruption of magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Biophys J. 113(7):1475-1484; doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.07.031.

Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Kobylkov, D., Kishkinev, D., Holland, R.A., Mouritsen, H. (2017) Migratory Eurasian reed warblers can use magnetic declination to solve the longitude problem. Current Biology 27, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.024

Heyers, D., Elbers, D., Bulte, M., Bairlein, F., Mouritsen, H. (2017) The magnetic map sense and its use in fine-tuning the migration programme of birds. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1164-x.

Elbers, D., Bulte, M., Bairlein, F., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D. (2017) Magnetic activation in the brain of the migratory northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1167-7.

Bulte, M., Heyers, D., Mouritsen, H., Bairlein, F. (2017) Geomagnetic information modulates nocturnal migratory restlessness but not fueling in a long distance migratory songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 48, 75–82.

2016

Bottesch M., Gerlach G., Halbach M., Bally A., Kingsford M. & Mouritsen H. (2016) "A magnetic compass that might help coral reef fish larvae return to their natal reef". Current Biology 26, 24 pR1266–R1267. doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.051

Meyer A, Tetenborg S, Greb H, Segelken J, Dorgau B, Weiler R, Hormuzdi SG, Janssen-Bienhold U, Dedek K (2016) Connexin30.2: In Vitro Interaction with Connexin36 in HeLa Cells and Expression in AII Amacrine Cells and Intrinsically Photosensitive Ganglion Cells in the Mouse Retina. Front Mol Neurosci. 9:36. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00036.

Brüggen B, Kremser C, Bickert A, Ebel P, Vom Dorp K, Schultz K, Dörmann P, Willecke K, Dedek K (2016) Defective ceramide synthases in mice cause reduced amplitudes in electroretinograms and altered sphingolipid composition in retina and cornea. Eur J Neurosci in press. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13260.

Schwarze S., Steenken F., Thiele N., Kobylkov D., Lefeldt N., Dreyer D., Schneider N-L., and Mouritsen H. (2016) "Migratory blackcaps can use their magnetic compass at 5 degrees inclination, but are completely random at 0 degree inclination", Sci Rep. 6:33805. doi.: 10.1038/srep33805

Bender, M., Mouritsen, H., Christoffers, J. (2016) A robust synthesis of 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 12, 912-917.

Kishkinev D, Heyers D, Woodworth BK,  Mitchell GW, Hobson KA, Norris RD. (2016) Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goalward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study. Sci Rep 6, 37326; DOI: 10.1038/srep37326.

Abdullaeva O.S., Schulz M., Balzer F., Parisi J., Luetzen A., Dedek K., Schiek M. (2016) "Photoelectrical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells by an Organic Semiconductor-Eletrolyte Interface". Langmuir 32, 33

Hore P.J., Mouritsen H. (2016) "The radical pair mechansim of magnetoreception". Annual Review in Biophysics 45. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-032116-094545

Warrant E., Frost B.J., Green K., Mouritsen H., Dreyer D., Adden A., Brauburger K., Heinze S. (2016) "The Australien Bogong moth Agrotis infusa: A long-distance nocturnal navigator". Frontierts in Behavioral Neuroscience 10, 77. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00077

Hiscock H.G., Worster S., Kattnig D.R., Steers C., Jin Y., Manolopoulos D.E., Mouritsen H., Hore P.J. (2016) "The quantum needle of the avian magnetic compass". PNAS in press. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600341113

Schwarze S., Schneider N-L., Reichl T., Dreyer D., Lefeldt N., Engels S., Baker N., Hore P. J., Mouritsen H. (2016) "Weak broadband electromagnetic fields are more disruptive to magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbird (Erithacus rubecula) than strong narrow-band fields. Frontierts in Behavioral Neuroscience 10,55. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00055

Bolte P., Bleibaum F., Einwich A., Günther A., Liedvogel M., Heyers D., Depping A., Wöhlbrand L., Rabus R., Janssen-Bienhold U., Mouritsen H. (2016) "Localisation of the Putative Magnetoreceptor Chryptochrome 1b in the Rentinae of Migratory Birds and Homing Pigeons". PloS ONE 11: e0147819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147819

Mouritsen H., Heyers D., Güntürkün O. (2016) "The neural basis of long-distance navigation in birds". Annual Review of Physiology 78, 133-154. doi: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-021115-105054

2015

Kishkinev D.*, Chernetsov N.*, Pakhomov A., Heyers D., Mouritsen H. (2015) Eurasian reed warblers compensate for virtual magnetic displacement. Current Biology Oct 5;25(19):R822-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08. *: co-first authors

Bolte, P., Herrling, R., Dorgau, B., Schultz, K., Feigenspan, A., Weiler, R., Dedek, K., Janssen-Bienhold, U. (2015) Expression and Localization of Connexins in the Outer Retina of the Mouse. J Mol Neurosci 58(2):178-92. doi: 10.1007/s12031-015-0654-y.

Alert, B., Michalik, A., Thiele, N., Bottesch, M. & Mouritsen, H. (2015) Re-calibration of the magnetic compass in hand-raised European robins (Erithacus rubecula). Scientific Reports, 5:14323, doi:10.1038/srep14323

Alert, B., Michalik, A., Helduser, S., Mouritsen, H., Güntürkün, O. (2015) Perceptual strategies of pigeons to detect a rotational centre – A hint for star compass learning? PLOS ONE 10(3): e0119919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119919.

Lefeldt, N., Dreyer, D., Steenken, F., Schneider, N.-L. & Mouritsen, H. (2015) Migratory blackcaps tested in Emlen funnels can orient at 85 but not at 88 degrees magnetic inclination. J. Exp. Biol. 218, 206-211. doi:10.1242/jeb.107235

Dorgau B, Herrling R, Schultz K, Greb H, Segelken J, Ströh S, Bolte P, Weiler R, Dedek K, Janssen-Bienhold U. Connexin50 couples axon terminals of mouse horizontal cells by homotypic gap junctions. J Comp. Neurol. 2015 Mar 30. doi: 10.1002/cne.23779.

2014

Lefeldt, N., Heyers, D., Schneider, N.-L., Engels, S., Elbers, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Magnetic field-driven induction of ZENK in the trigeminal system of pigeons (Columba livia). J. Royal Soc. Interface 11, 20140777 doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0777

Engels, S., Schneider, N.-L., Lefeldt, N., Hein, C. M., Zapka, M., Michalik, A., Elbers, D., Kittel, A., Hore, P. J. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Nature 509, 353-356. doi: 10.1038/nature13290

This paper was the cover story of the 15th of May 2014 issue of Nature. It was reported on in >500 different newspapers and at least 20 different radio channels and live on BBC World News TV at 19:15 on the 8th of May 2014 and in German and Danish television.

Michalik, A., Alert, B., Engels, S., Lefeldt, N. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Star compass learning: how long does it take? J. Ornithol. 155, 225-234. doi: 10.1007/s10336-013-1004-x

2013

2013: Mouritsen, H., Derbyshire, R., Stalleicken, J., Mouritsen, O.Ø., Frost, B.J. & Norris, R.D. (2013) Reply to Oberhauser et al.: The experimental evidence is clear. Monarch butterflies are almost certainly not true navigators. PNAS 110, in press, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309282110

2013: Jarvis ED, Yu J, Rivas MV, Horita H, Feenders G, Whitney O, Jarvis S, Jarvis ER, Kubikova L, Puck AEP, Siang-Bakshi C, Martin S, McElroy M, Hara E, Howard J, Mouritsen H, Chen C-C, Wada K (2013) A global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: mirror images and functional columns. J. Comp. Neurol., in press, doi: 10.1002/cne.23404

2013: Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N., Heyers, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2013) Migratory reed warblers need intact trigeminal nerves to correct for a 1,000 km eastward displacement. PLOS ONE 8, e65847.

2013: Mouritsen, H., Atema, J., Kingsford, M. & Gerlach, G. (2013) Sun Compass Orientation Helps Coral Reef Fish Larvae Return to their Natal Reef. PLOS ONE 8, e66039.

2013: Mouritsen, H., Derbyshire, R., Stalleicken, J., Mouritsen, O.Ø., Frost, B.J. & Norris, R.D. (2013) An experimental displacement and over 50 years of tag-recoveries show that monarch butterflies are not true navigators. PNAS 110, 7348-7353.

2012

2012: Engels, S., Hein, C.M., Lefeldt, N., Prior, H. & Mouritsen, H. (2012) Night-Migratory Songbirds Possess a Magnetic Compass in Both Eyes. PLOS ONE 7, e43271. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043271.

2012: Kishkinev, D., Mouritsen, H & Mora, C.V. (2012) An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behaviour in a migratory songbird. J. Ornithology 153, 1165-1177. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0847-x.

2012: Mouritsen, H. (2012) Sensory biology: search for the compass needles. Nature 484, 320-321 (News and Views). DOI:10.1038/484320a

2012: Mouritsen, H. & Hore, P. J. (2012) The magnetic retina: light-dependent and trigeminal magnetoreception in migratory birds. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22, 343-352. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.005

2011

2011: Guilford, T., Åkesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R.A., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. & Bingman, V.P. (2011) Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology. J. Exp. Biol. 214, 3705-3712. DOI:10.1242/jeb.051292

2011: Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Kishkinev, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2011) Robins have a magnetic compass in both eyes. Nature 471, E11. DOI:10.1038/nature09875.

2011: Hein, C. M., Zapka, M. & Mouritsen, H. (2011) Weather significantly influences the migratory behaviour of night-migratory songbirds tested indoors in orientation cages. Journal of Ornithology 152, 27-35. DOI:10.1007/s10336-010-0540-x

2010

2010: Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) A double clock or jetlag mechanism is unlikely to be involved in detection of east-west displacements in a long-distance avian migrant. Auk 127, 773−780. DOI:10.1525/auk.2010.10032

2010: Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Liedvogel, M., Jarvis, E.D. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird. European Journal of Neuroscience 32, 619-624. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07311.x

2010: Solov’yov, I. A. Mouritsen, H. & Schulten, K. (2010) Acuity of a cryptochrome and vision-based magnetoreception system in birds. Biophysical Journal 99, 40-49. DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.053

2010: Heyers, D., Zapka, M., Hoffmeister, M., Wild, J. M. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird. PNAS 107, 9394-9399. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0907068107

2010: Falkenberg, G., Fleissner, Ge., Schuchardt, K., Kuehbacher, M., Thalau, P., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D., Wellenreuther, G. & Fleissner, Gue. (2010) Avian Magnetoreception: Elaborate Iron Mineral Containing Dendrites in the Upper Beak Seem to Be a Common Feature of Birds. PLoS ONE 5, e9231. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0009231

2010:  Ritz, T., Ahmad, M., Mouritsen, H., Wiltschko, R. & Wiltschko, W. (2010) Photoreceptor-based magnetoreception: optimal design of receptor molecules, cells, and neuronal processing. J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S135-S146. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0456.focus

2010: Liedvogel M. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Cryptochromes – a potential magnetoreceptor: what do we know and what do we want to know? J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S147-S162. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0411.focus

2010: Hein, C. M., Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Kutzschbauch, S., Schneider, N.-L. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes. J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S227-S233. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0376.focus

2009

2009: Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Schneider, N.-L., Hans, J., Weiler, S., Dreyer, D., Kishkinev, D., Wild, J. M. & Mouritsen, H. (2009) Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird. Nature 461, 1274-1277. DOI:10.1038/nature08528

2009: Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Hegemann, A. & Liedvogel, M. (2009) Thermal paper can replace typewriter correction paper in Emlen funnels. J. Ornithol. 150, 713-715. DOI:10.1007/s10336-009-0421-3

2008

2008: Chapman, J.W., Reynolds, D.R., Mouritsen, H., Hill, J.H., Riley, J.R., Sivell, D., Smith, A.D. & Woiwod, I.P. (2008) Wind Selection and Drift Compensation Optimize Migratory Pathways in a High-flying Moth. Current Biology 18, 514-518. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.080

2008: Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., & Mouritsen H. (2008) Calcium-binding proteins label functional streams of the visual system in a songbird. Brain Research Bulletin 75, 348-355. DOI:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.029

2008: Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Rivas, M., Zapka, M., Horita, H., Hara, E., Wada, K., Mouritsen, H. & Jarvis, E.D. (2008) Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin. PLoS ONE, 3, e1768. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001768

2008: Chernetsov, N., Kishkinev, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2008) A long-distance avian migrant compensates for longitudinal displacement during spring migration. Current Biology 18, 188-190. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.018

2007

2007: Liedvogel M., Maeda K., Henbest K., Schleicher E., Simon T., Timmel C.R., Hore P.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2007) Chemical Magnetoreception: Bird Cryptochrome 1a is Excited by Blue Light and Forms Long-Lived Radical-Pairs. PLoS ONE 2: e1106. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001106

2007: Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O. & Mouritsen H. (2007) A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds. PLoS ONE 2: e937. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0000937

2007: Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Wada, K., Troje, N.F., Jarvis, E. D. & Mouritsen, H. (2007) Lateralized activation of Cluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds. European Journal of Neuroscience 25, 1166-1173. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05350.x

2007: Sohle, I.S., Robertson, C.J.R., Nicholls, D.G., Mouritsen, H., Frost, B. & Moller, H. (2007) Satellite tracking of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) during their pre-laying 'exodus' and incubation. Notornis 54, 180-188.

2006

2006: Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2006) The neural mechanisms of long distance animal navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16, 481-488. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.005

2006: Stalleicken, J., Labhart, T., & Mouritsen, H. (2006) Physiological characterization of the compound eye in monarch butterflies with focus on the dorsal rim area. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192, 321-331. DOI:10.1007/s00359-005-0073-6

2005

2005: Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Wada, K. & Jarvis, E. D. (2005) Night Vision Brain Area in Migratory Songbirds. PNAS 102, 8339-8344. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0409575102

2005: Mouritsen, H. & Ritz, T. (2005) Magnetoreception and it use in bird navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15, 406-414. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.005

2005: Piersma, T., Pérez-Tris, J., Mouritsen, H., Bauchinger, U. & Bairlein, F. (2005) Is there a “migratory syndrome” common to all migrant birds? Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences 1046, 282-293. DOI:10.1196/annals.1343.026

2005: Sauman, I., Briscoe, A.D., Zhu, H. Shi, D., Froy, O., Stalleicken, J., Yuan, Q., Casselman, A. & Reppert, S.M. "Connecting the Navigational Clock to Sun Compass Input in Monarch Butterfly Brain". Neuron 46, 1-11.

2005: Stalleicken, J., Mukhida, M., Labhart, T., Wehner, R., Frost, B. J. & Mouritsen, H. (2005) Do monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for orientation? Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 2399-2408.

2004

2004: Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M. & Kropp, W. (2004) Migratory birds use head scans to detect the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field. Current Biology 14, 1946-1949. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.025

2004: Mouritsen, H., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Stalleicken, J., Dirks, P. & Weiler, R. (2004) Cryptochromes and neuronal-activity markers colocalize in the retina of migratory birds during magnetic orientation. PNAS 101, 14294-14299. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0405968101 [See also Science 306, 432-434 and Nature Review Neuroscience 5, 827]

2004: Cochran, W. W., Mouritsen, H. & Wikelski, M. (2004) Migrating songbirds recalibrate their magnetic compass daily from twilight cues. Science 304, 405-408. DOI:10.1126/science.1095844

2003

2003:  Mouritsen, H. (2003) Spatiotemporal orientation strategies of long-distance migrants. In: Berthold, P., Gwinner, E. & Sonnenschein, E. (eds.) "Avian Migration", pp. 493-513, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

2003:  Mouritsen, H., Huyvaert, K.P., Frost, B.J. & Andersson, D. (2003) Waved Albatrosses can navigate with strong magnets attached to their head. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 4155-4166. DOI:10.1242/jeb.00650

2003: Andersson, D.J., Huyvaert, K.P., Wood, D.R., Gillikin, C.L., Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2003) At-sea distribution of Waved Albatrosses and the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Biological Conservation, 110, 367-373.

2002

2002: Mouritsen, H. & Frost, B.J. (2002) Virtual migration in tethered flying monarch butterflies reveals their orientation mechanisms. PNAS 99, 10162-10166. DOI:10.1073/pnas.152137299

Before 2002

2001: Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. (2001) Migrating songbirds tested in computer-controlled Emlen funnels use stellar cues for a time-independent compass. Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 3855-3865.

2001: Mouritsen, H. "Navigation in birds and other animals". Journal of Image and Vision Computing 19: 713-731.

2001:  Mouritsen, H. (2001) Ringing recoveries contain hidden information about orientation mechanisms. Ardea 89, 31-42.

2000: Mouritsen, H. "A career in free public research – a risky future with poor perspectives?" Paper written for the EU commission on the problems facing young scientists today and on why natural sciences educations experience recruitment problems, 6 pp.

2000: Mouritsen, H. "Trækfuglenes orienteringsmekanismer". In: Kyhn, G. (ed.): Carlsbergfondet Årsskrift 2000, Winther Grafik, Copenhagen, pp. 28-35. [in Danish]

2000: Mouritsen, H. (2000) Yes, the clock-and-compass strategy can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries: reply to Thorup et al. Animal Behaviour 60, F9-F14. DOI:10.1006/anbe.2000.1455

2000: Mouritsen, H. & Mouritsen, O. (2000) A mathematical expectation model for bird navigation based on the clock-and-compass strategy. Journal of Theoretical Biology 207, 283-291. DOI:10.1006/jtbi.2000.2171

1999:  Mouritsen, H. (1998) How do young night migrating passerines use their compasses for orientation during migration? Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress pp. 934-955.

1999:  Mouritsen, H. (1999) Navigation in birds and other animals. Journal of Image and Vision Computing 19, 713-731.

1998: Mouritsen, H. ‘How do young night migrating passerines use their compasses for orientation during migration?’. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress pp. 934-955.

1998: Mouritsen, H. (1998) Modelling migration: the clock-and-compass model can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries. Animal Behaviour 56, 899-907.

1998: Mouritsen, H. (1998) Redstarts, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, can orient in a true-zero magnetic field. Animal Behaviour 55, 1311-1324.

1998: Mouritsen, H. "Trækfugle er dumme maskiner" Nyt fra Odense Universitet, 4/1998: 4-6. [in Danish]

1998: Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. (1998) Migrating young Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca do not compensate for geographical displacements. Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 2927-2934.

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