Julie Elizabeth Miller

Publications

• Vocal changes in a zebra finch model of Parkinson’s disease characterized by alpha-synuclein overexpression in the song-dedicated anterior forebrain pathway
• From embryo to adult: persistent neurogenesis and apoptotic cell death shape the lobster deutocerebrum.
• Social context-dependent singing alters molecular markers of dopaminergic and glutamatergic signaling in finch basal ganglia Area X.
• Neurogenesis in the thoracic neuromeres of two crustaceans with different types of metamorphic development
• Sex differences and phases of the estrous cycle alter the response of spinal cord dynorphin neurons to peripheral inflammation and hyperalgesia.
• The sleeping bird gets the song. Focus on: "HVC neural sleep activity increases with development and parallels nightly changes in song behavior".
• Steroid hormone activation of wandering in the isolated nervous system of Manduca sexta.
• Birdsong decreases protein levels of FoxP2, a molecule required for human speech.
• Reduced vocal variability in a zebra finch model of dopamine depletion: implications for Parkinson disease.
• Common Terminology and Acoustic Measures for Human Voice and Birdsong.
• Song practice promotes acute vocal variability at a key stage of sensorimotor learning.
• Molecular microcircuitry underlies functional specification in a basal ganglia circuit dedicated to vocal learning.
• Distinct neurogenomic states in basal ganglia subregions relate differently to singing behavior in songbirds.
• Vocalization deficits in mice over-expressing alpha-synuclein, a model of pre-manifest Parkinson's disease.
• Wireless battery free fully implantable multimodal recording and neuromodulation tools for songbirds
• Social context-dependent singing alters molecular markers of synaptic plasticity signaling in finch basal ganglia Area X.
• Normative aging results in degradation of gene networks in a zebra finch basal ganglia nucleus dedicated to vocal behavior
• Middle age, a key time point for changes in birdsong and human voice.