2021
Vagus nerve stimulation induces widespread cortical and behavioral activation
Collins L, Boddington L, Steffan P, McCormick D. Vagus nerve stimulation induces widespread cortical and behavioral activation. Current Biology 2021, 31: 2088-2098.e3. PMID: 33740425, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVagus nerve stimulationCalcium imagingNeuromodulatory systemsVagus nerve transectionAuditory cortical regionsWidefield calcium imagingArousal stateDose-dependent activationNerve transectionVNS effectsNerve stimulationExcitatory activityCortical axonsModulatory pathwaysExcitatory neuronsLight anesthesiaNeurological conditionsTherapeutic mechanismMouse modelStimulation inducesArousal state changesCortical activityCortical stateMotor activityCortical regions
2018
The temporal organization of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations
Castellucci G, Calbick D, McCormick D. The temporal organization of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0199929. PMID: 30376572, PMCID: PMC6207298, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasonic vocalizationsAdult male C57BL/6J miceMale C57BL/6J miceMouse ultrasonic vocalizationsUSV productionC57BL/6J miceMale miceMouse modelRespiratory patternCommon biological mechanismsMiceMale ultrasonic vocalizationsAdults reliesBiological mechanismsRhythmic seriesTemporal organizationVocalization productionAdult malesHuman diseasesSpectrotemporal featuresFirst reportArticulatory patternsMammalian species
2014
Spectrotemporal alterations and syllable stereotypy in the vocalizations of mouse genetic models of speech-language disorders
Castellucci G, McGinley M, McCormick D. Spectrotemporal alterations and syllable stereotypy in the vocalizations of mouse genetic models of speech-language disorders. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2014, 135: 2390-2390. DOI: 10.1121/1.4877904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeech-language disordersMouse genetic modelsKnockout miceHeterozygous knockout miceMotor deficitsWildtype littermatesMouse modelSpeech motor deficitsGenetic modelsMiceDisordersLittermatesBiological basisSpecific language impairmentDeficitsDevelopmental dyslexiaLanguage impairmentAdult vocalizations