Publications:
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.
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:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02656…
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)
Publication can be freely downloaded through journal open access at: https://rdcu.be/chKxW
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 manuscript version will be accessible through the university repository after the embargo period of 4/6/2022 at this link: 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
The accepted pre-proof version of the manuscript can be downloaded at:
https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/641781
To download the original raw motif wav files used for this publication, please access the UA Data Repository at: https://arizona.figshare.com/articles/Raw_birdsong_data_for_Middle_Age_…
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 Conference Abstracts:
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
So%20Munger%20Miller%20SFN%202016%20abstract.pdf
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
Munger%20Medina%20et%20al%202016%20SFN%20abstract.pdf
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