Note: If your institution does not have electronic journal access to the articles below, please email PI Miller at juliemiller@arizona.edu to request your individual personal copy, not for redistribution. The pre-proof accepted manuscript versions of articles from 2018 onwards can be found at the University of Arizona repository with links below.
Medina CA, Vargas E, Munger SJ, Miller JE (2022) Vocal changes in a zebra finch model of Parkinson’s disease characterized by alpha-synuclein overexpression in the song-dedicated anterior forebrain pathway. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0265604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265604 *graduate student, **undergraduate student
Open Access:
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https://arizona.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Raw_birdsong_data_for_Voc…
*Ausra, J., Munger, S.J., *Azami, A., *Burton, A., **Peralta, R., Miller, J.E., and P. Gutruf (2021) Wireless Battery Free Fully Implantable Multimodal Recording and Neuromodulation Tools for Songbirds. Nature Communications 12: 1968. doi: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22138-8, Epub Mar 30. PMID: 33785751
(*graduate and **undergraduate students in Gutruf lab)
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Raw birdsong files associated with this publication (https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.14224247.v1) can be freely accessed via this link:
Behav Brain Res. 2020 Oct 5;:112955. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112955. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 33031871.*graduate student author
The accepted pre-proof version of the manuscript can be downloaded at:
https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/647716
*Badwal, A., Borgstrom, M., Samlan, R. A., & Miller, J. E. (2020, March 12). Middle Age, a Key Time Point for Changes in Birdsong and Human Voice. Behavioral Neuroscience. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bne0000363 PMID: 32162938; *undergraduate student author
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https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/641781
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L.Y. *So, S.J. Munger and J.E. Miller (2019) Social Context-dependent Singing Alters Molecular Markers of Dopaminergic and Glutamatergic Signaling in Finch Basal Ganglia Area X. Behavioural Brain Research Dec 3. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.12.004. PMID: 30521933, *graduate student author
The accepted pre-proof manuscript version can be accessed here: https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/631814
*Badwal, A., *Poertner, J., Samlan, R. A., & Miller, J. E. (2018). Common Terminology and Acoustic Measures for Human Voice and Birdsong. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. doi: 10.1044/2018. PMID: 30540871; *undergraduate student authors
The accepted pre-proof manuscript version can be accessed here:
https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/631849
*Miller J.E., **Hafzalla G.W., **Burkett Z.D, Fox C.M. and S.A. White (2015) Reduced vocal variability in a zebra finch model of dopamine depletion: implications for Parkinson disease. Physiol Rep, 3 (11), 2015, e12599, doi: 10.14814/phy2.12599; *equal authorship, PMID: 26564062 **graduate student authors.
Acknowledgments: Miller lab members, Stephanie J. Munger and undergraduate Joshua L. Ritter
*Grant L.M., *F.R. Richter, J.E. Miller, S.A. White, C.M. Fox, M.F. Chesselet and M.R. Ciucci (2014) Vocalization deficits in mice over-expressing alpha-synuclein, a model of pre-manifest Parkinson’s disease. Behav Neurosci 128: 110-121.*equal authorship; PMID: 24773432.
*Hilliard A.T., J.E. Miller, S. Horvath, and S.A. White (2012) Distinct Neurogenomic States in Basal Ganglia Subregions Relate Differently to Singing Behavior in Songbirds. PloS Comput Biol Nov 8 (11):e1002773. PMID: 23144607 *graduate student author
*Hilliard A.T., J.E. *Miller, E.R. *Fraley, S. Horvath, and S.A. White (2012) Molecular Microcircuitry Underlies Functional Specification in a Basal Ganglia Circuit Dedicated to Vocal Learning. Neuron, Feb 9 Epub. 73: 537–552. PMID: 22325205 *equal authorship; Hilliard & Fraley, graduate student authors
Miller JE, A.T. Hilliard and S.A. White (2010) Song Practice Promotes Acute Vocal Variability at a Key Stage of Sensorimotor Learning. PLoS One Jan 6; 5(1): e8592. PMID: 20066039; Hilliard, graduate student author
Miller J.E., E. Spiteri, M.C. *Condro, R.T. Dosumu-Johnson**, D.H. Geschwind and S.A.White (2008) Birdsong Decreases Protein Levels of FoxP2, a Molecule Required for Human Speech. J Neurophysiol 100: 2015-2025. PMID: 18701760 *graduate student author, **undergraduate student author
National/State Conference Abstracts (#4-onward, available upon request):
1. Role of alpha-synuclein in Area X of adult male zebra finches: implications for acoustic variability in birdsong. S.J. Munger, C.A. *Medina, L.Y. *So, K.B. **Church, J.L. **Ritter, J.E. Miller. Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson. Society for Neuroscience (SFN) November, 2016. *graduate student author, **undergraduate student author
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2. Behavioral regulation of dopamine biomarkers in Area X of adult male zebra finch songbirds. L.Y. *So, S.J. Munger, J.E. Miller. Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson. Society for Neuroscience (SFN) November, 2016. *graduate student author
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3. An Alpha-synuclein Overexpression Model of Vocal Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease. *Badwal, A., **Medina, C.A., Munger, S.J., and Miller, J.E. Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, Microscopy Society of America Conference August, 2019. *undergraduate student author, **graduate student author
4. Effects of Alpha-synuclein Overexpression on Time Spent Singing in a Zebra Finch Model of Parkinson’s Disease. *Ibrahim, N., *Vargas, E., **Medina, C.A., Munger, S.J., and Miller, J.E. Dept. of Neuroscience Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) November, 2019. University of Arizona, Tucson. *undergraduate student authors (Ibrahim is MARC trainee), **graduate student author
5. *Ibrahim, N, Munger, S.J., Ausra, J., Azami, A. Burton, A., Peralta, R., Gutruf, P. and J.E. Miller (November, 2020, virtual). Effects of Optogenetic Manipulation on Song in a Zebra Finch Model. Presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Ibrahim, a NSCS major, received an oral presentation award.
6. **Medina, C.A., Munger, S.J., Corenblum, M., *Eckhardt, J., Madhavan, L., and Miller, J.E. (November, 2021). An analysis of vocalization-associated molecular pathways and gene networks within the basal ganglia of mouse and finch Parkinson’s disease models. Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Virtual)
7. Higgins, C. and Miller, J.E. (September, 2023). Altered Basal Ganglia Gene Networks for Vocal Function in Normative Aging and Parkinson’s Disease. Poster. Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium conference, Tempe, September 2023.
8. Dominguez, B.R., **Holguin, G., **Bjork, R., Cowen, S.L., Miller, J.E. (November, 2023) Alpha-synuclein overexpression in the basal ganglia vocal nucleus Area X alters waveform patterns in a zebra finch model of Parkinsonian vocal deficits. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington D.C.