Publications

Glass TG, Kelm-Nelson CA, Szot JC, Lake JM, Connor NP, Ciucci MR. Functional characterization of extrinsic tongue muscles in the Pink1-/- rat model of Parkinson disease. PloS One, 2020 Oct 16;15(10).

PubMed ID: 33064741

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Jones CA, Ciucci MR, Abdelhalim SM, McCulloch TM. Swallowing pressure variability as a function of pharyngeal region, bolus volume, age, and sex. Laryngoscope, 2020. April 18.

PubMed ID: 32304341

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Johnson RA, Kelm-Nelson CK, Ciucci MR. Changes to ventilation, vocalization, and thermal nociception in   the Pink1-/- rat model of Parkinson's disease. J Parkinsons Dis. 2020. 10 (2): 489-504.

PubMed ID: 32065805

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Haney MM, Hamad A, Woldu HG, Ciucci M, Nichols N, Bunyak F, Lever TE. Recurrent laryngeal nerve transection in mice results in translational upper airway dysfunction. J Comp Neurol, 2020. Mar 1; 528(4): 574-596.

PubMed ID: 31312255

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Ciucci M, Hoffmeister J, Wheeler-Hegland K. Management of Dysphagia in acquired and progressive neurologic conditions. Semin Speech Lang. 2019 June; 40(3)203-212.

PubMed ID: 31158904

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Broadfoot CK, Abur D, Hoffmeister JD, Stepp CE, Ciucci MR. Research-based updates in swallowing and communication dysfunction in Parkinson disease: Implications for evaluation and management. Perspectives in ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2019. Oct; 4(5):825-841.

PubMed ID: 32104723

Omari TI, Ciucci M, Gozdzikowska K, Hernández E, Hutcheson K, Jones C, Maclean J, Nativ-Zeltzer N, Plowman E, Rogus-Pulia N, Rommel N, O'Rourke A. High Resolution pharyngeal manometry and impedance: Protocols and metrics-recommendations of a high resolution manometry international working group. Dysphagia, 2019, Apr;35(2):281-295.

PubMed ID: 31168758

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Stevenson SA, Ciucci MR, Kelm-Nelson CA. Intervention changes acoustic peak frequency and mesolimbic neurochemistry in the Pink1-/- rat model of Parkinson disease. PLoS One, 2019, Aug 2;14(8).

PubMed ID: 31374106

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Glass TJ, Kelm-Nelson CA, Russell JA, Szot JC, Lake JM, Connor NP, Ciucci MR. Laryngeal muscle biology in the Pink1-/- rat model of Parkinson disease. J of Applied Physiology, 2019. May 1;126(5):1326-1334.

PubMed ID: 30844333

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Grant LM, Barth KJ, Muslu C, Kelm-Nelson CA, Bakshi VP, Ciucci MR. Noradrenergic receptor modulation influences the acoustic parameters of pro-social rat ultrasonic vocalizations. Behav Neurosci. 2018 Aug;132(4):269-283. doi: 10.1037/bne0000258.

PubMed ID: 29985007

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Cullen KP, Grant LM, Kelm-Nelson CA, Brauer AFL, Bickelhaupt LB, Russell JA, Ciucci MR. Pink1 -/- Rats Show Early-Onset Swallowing Deficits and Correlative Brainstem Pathology.  Dysphagia. 2018 Dec;33(6):749-758. doi: 10.1007/s00455-018-9896-5.

PubMed ID: 29713896

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Trevino MA, Ciucci MR. Quantitative Analysis of Catecholamines in the Pink1 -/- Rat Model of Early-onset Parkinson's Disease. Neuroscience. 2018 May 21;379:126-141.

PubMed ID: 29496635

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Jones CA, Duffy MK, Hoffman SA, Schultz-Darken NJ, Braun KM, Ciucci MR, Emborg ME. Vocalization development in common marmosets for neurodegenerative translational modeling. Neurol Res. 2018 Apr;40(4):303-311.

PubMed ID: 29457539

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Brauer AFL, Barth KJ, Lake JM, Sinnen MLK, Stehula FJ, Muslu C, Marongiu R, Kaplitt MG, Ciucci MR. Characterization of early-onset motor deficits in the Pink1-/- mouse model of Parkinson disease. Brain Res. 2018 Feb 1;1680:1-12.

PubMed ID: 29229503; PMCID: PMC5767140

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Patel DA, Krishnaswami S, Steger E, Conover E, Vaezi MF, Ciucci MR, Francis DO. Economic and survival burden of dysphagia among inpatients in the United States. Dis Esophagus. 2018 Jan 1;31(1):1-7.

PubMed ID: 29155982

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Yang KM, Blue KV, Mulholland HM, Kurup MP, Kelm-Nelson CA, Ciucci MR. Characterization of oromotor and limb motor dysfunction in the DJ1 -/- model of Parkinson disease. Behav Brain Res. 2018 Feb 26;339:47-56.

PubMed ID: 29109055

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Stevenson SA, Ciucci MR. Data in support of qPCR primer design and verification in a Pink1 -/- rat model of Parkinson disease. Data Brief. 2016  May 30;8:360-3.

 PubMed ID: 27331115; PMCID: PMC4909782

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Stevenson SA, Ciucci MR. Atp13a2 expression in the periaqueductal gray is decreased in the Pink1 -/- rat model of Parkinson disease. Neurosci Lett. 2016 May 16;621:75-82.

PubMed ID: 27057733; PMCID: PMC4869981

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Brauer AF, Ciucci MR. Vocal training, levodopa, and environment effects on ultrasonic vocalizations in a rat neurotoxin model of Parkinson disease. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Jul 1;307:54-64.

PubMed ID: 27025445; PMCID: PMC4878393

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Jones CA, Ciucci MR. Multimodal Swallowing Evaluation with High-Resolution Manometry Reveals Subtle Swallowing Changes in Early and Mid-Stage Parkinson Disease. J Parkinsons Dis. 2016;6(1):197-208.

PubMed ID: 26891176; PMCID: PMC4816667

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Lippert D, Hoffman MR, Britt CJ, Jones CA, Hernandez J, Ciucci MR, McCulloch TM. Preliminary Evaluation of Functional Swallow After Total Laryngectomy Using High-Resolution Manometry. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2016 Feb 11.

PubMed ID: 26868604; PMCID: PMC5300062

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Kelm-Nelson CA, Yang KM, Ciucci MR. Exercise Effects on Early Vocal Ultrasonic Communication Dysfunction in a PINK1 Knockout Model of Parkinson's Disease. J Parkinsons Dis. 2015;5(4):749-63.

PubMed ID: 26577653; PMCID: PMC4869531

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Schaser AJ, Ciucci MR, Connor NP. Cross-activation and detraining effects of tongue exercise in aged rats. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Jan 15;297:285-96.

PubMed ID: 26477376; PMCID: PMC4679533

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Johnson AM, Grant LM, Schallert T, Ciucci MR. Changes in Rat 50-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations During Dopamine Denervation and Aging: Relevance to Neurodegeneration. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2015;13(2):211-9.

PubMed ID: 26411763; PMCID: PMC4598432

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Pultorak JD, Kelm-Nelson CA, Holt LR, Blue KV, Ciucci MR, Johnson AM. Decreased approach behavior and nucleus accumbens immediate early gene expression in response to Parkinsonian ultrasonic vocalizations in rats. Soc Neurosci. 2016 Aug;11(4):365-79. 

PubMed ID: 26313334; PMCID: PMC4791201

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Jones CA, Ciucci MR, Hammer MJ, McCulloch TM. A multisensor approach to improve manometric analysis of the upper esophageal sphincter. Laryngoscope. 2016 Mar;126(3):657-64.
PubMed ID: 26297859; PMCID: PMC4548824

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Grant LM, Kelm-Nelson CA, Hilby BL, Blue KV, Paul Rajamanickam ES, Pultorak JD, Fleming SM, Ciucci MR. Evidence for early and progressive ultrasonic vocalization and oromotor deficits in a PINK1 gene knockout rat model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci Res. 2015 Nov;93(11):1713-27. 

PubMed ID: 26234713; PMCID: PMC4575652

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Grant LM, Barnett DG, Doll EJ, Leverson G, Ciucci MR. Relationships among rat ultrasonic vocalizations, behavioral measures of striatal dopamine loss, and striatal tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity at acute and chronic time points following unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-induced dopamine depletion. Behav Brain Res 2015 Sep 15, 291, 361-371.

PubMed ID: 26026785; PMCID: PMC4497944

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Grant LM, Richter F, Miller JE, White SA, Fox CM, Zhu C, Chesselet MF, Ciucci MR. Vocalization deficits in mice over-expressing alpha-synuclein, a model of pre-manifest Parkinson's disease. Behav Neurosci. 2014 Apr;128(2):110-21.

PubMed ID: 24773432; PMCID: PMC4079049

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Johnson AM, Ciucci MR, Connor NP. Vocal training mitigates age-related changes within the vocal mechanism in old rats. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2013 Dec; 68(12):1458-68.

PubMed ID: 23671289; PubMed ID: 23671289

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Ringel LE, Basken JN, Grant LM, Ciucci MR. Dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonism effects on rat ultrasonic vocalizations. Behav. Brain Res. 2013 Sep 1; 252():252-9.

PubMed ID: 23764460; PMCID: PMC3742589

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Ciucci MR, Schaser AJ, Russell JA. Exercise-induced rescue of tongue function without striatal dopamine sparing in a rat neurotoxin model of Parkinson disease. Behav. Brain Res. 2013 Sep 1; 252():239-45.

PubMed ID: 23756136; PMCID: PMC3742558

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Ciucci MR, Grant LM, Rajamanickam ES, Hilby BL, Blue KV, Jones CA, Kelm-Nelson CA. Early identification and treatment of communication and swallowing deficits in Parkinson disease. Semin Speech Lang 2013 Aug; 34(3):185-202.

PubMed ID: 24166192; PMCID: PMC4477682

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Russell JA, Ciucci MR, Hammer MJ, Connor NP. Videofluorographic assessment of deglutitive behaviors in a rat model of aging and Parkinson disease. Dysphagia 2013 Mar;28(1):95-104.

PubMed ID: 22763806; PMCID: PMC3554861

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Gombash SE, Manfredsson FP, Kemp CJ, Kuhn NC, Fleming SM, Egan AE, Grant LM, Ciucci MR, MacKeigan JP, Sortwell CE. Morphological and behavioral impact of AAV2/5-mediated overexpression of human wildtype alpha-synuclein in the rat nigrostriatal system. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(11):e81426.

PubMed ID: 24312298; PMCID: PMC3842242

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Hoffman MR, Mielens JD, Ciucci MR, Jones CA, Jiang JJ, McCulloch TM. High-resolution manometry of pharyngeal swallow pressure events associated with effortful swallow and the Mendelsohn maneuver. Dysphagia 2012 Sep; 27(3):418-26.

PubMed ID: 22215280; PMCID: PMC3717357

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Fleming SM, Schallert T, Ciucci MR. Cranial and related sensorimotor impairments in rodent models of Parkinson's disease. Behav. Brain Res. 2012 Jun 1; 231(2):317-22.

PubMed ID: 22394540

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Basken JN, Connor NP, Ciucci MR. Effect of aging on ultrasonic vocalizations and laryngeal sensorimotor neurons in rats. Exp Brain Res. 2012 Jun;219(3):351-61.

PubMed ID: 22562586; PMCID: PMC3593073 

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Mielens JD, Hoffman MR, Ciucci MR, McCulloch TM, Jiang JJ. Application of classification models to pharyngeal high-resolution manometry. J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res. 2012 Jun; 55(3):892-902.

PubMed ID: 22232390; PMCID: PMC3501389

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Ciucci MR, Russell JA, Schaser AJ, Doll EJ, Vinney LM, Connor NP. Tongue force and timing deficits in a rat model of Parkinson disease. Behav. Brain Res. 2011 Sep 23; 222(2):315-20.

PubMed ID: 21459116; PMCID: PMC3113690

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Kane JR, Ciucci MR, Jacobs AN, Tews N, Russell JA, Ahrens AM, Ma ST, Britt JM, Cormack LK, Schallert T. Assessing the role of dopamine in limb and cranial-oromotor control in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. J Commun Disord 2011 Sep-Oct; 44(5):529-37.

PubMed ID: 21820129; PMCID: PMC3278988

Johnson AM, Doll EJ, Grant LM, Ringel L, Shier JN, Ciucci MR. Targeted training of ultrasonic vocalizations in aged and Parkinsonian rats. J Vis Exp 2011; (54):.

PubMed ID: 21847085; PMCID: PMC3211124

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Mielens JD, Hoffman MR, Ciucci MR, Jiang JJ, McCulloch TM. Automated analysis of pharyngeal pressure data obtained with high-resolution manometry. Dysphagia 2011 Mar; 26(1):3-12.

PubMed ID: 21264672; PMCID: PMC3556392

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Hoffman MR, Ciucci MR, Mielens JD, Jiang JJ, McCulloch TM. Pharyngeal swallow adaptations to bolus volume measured with high-resolution manometry.  Laryngoscope 2010 Dec; 120(12):2367-73.

PubMed ID: 21108425; PMCID: PMC3469314

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Johnson AM, Ciucci MR, Russell JA, Hammer MJ, Connor NP. Ultrasonic output from the excised rat larynx. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2010 Aug; 128(2):EL75-9.

PubMed ID: 20707418; PMCID: PMC2924901

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Ciucci MR, Vinney L, Wahoske EJ, Connor NP. A translational approach to vocalization deficits and neural recovery after behavioral treatment in Parkinson disease. J Commun Disord 2010 Jul-Aug; 43(4):319-26.

PubMed ID: 20434728; PMCID: PMC2927630

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Russell JA, Ciucci MR, Connor NP, Schallert T. Targeted exercise therapy for voice and swallow in persons with Parkinson's disease. Brain Res. 2010 Jun 23; 1341():3-11.

PubMed ID: 20233583; PMCID: PMC2908992

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McCulloch TM, Hoffman MR, Ciucci MR. High-resolution manometry of pharyngeal swallow pressure events associated with head turn and chin tuck. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2010 Jun; 119(6):369-76.

PubMed ID: 20583734; PMCID: PMC3045033

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Ciucci MR, Ahrens AM, Ma ST, Kane JR, Windham EB, Woodlee MT, Schallert T. Reduction of dopamine synaptic activity: degradation of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalization in rats. Behav. Neurosci. 2009 Apr; 123(2):328-36.

PubMed ID: 19331456; PMCID: PMC2737695

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Ciucci MR, Connor NP. Dopaminergic influence on rat tongue function and limb movement initiation. Exp Brain Res 2009 Apr; 194(4):587-96.

PubMed ID: 19247644; PMCID: PMC2737720

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Shama L, Connor NP, Ciucci MR, McCulloch TM. Surgical treatment of dysphagia. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2008 Nov; 19(4):817-35, ix.

PubMed ID: 18940643

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Ciucci MR, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Sherman SJ. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation improves deglutition in Parkinson's disease. Mov. Disord. 2008 Apr 15; 23(5):676-83.

PubMed ID: 18163451

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Ciucci MR, Ma ST, Kane JR, Ahrens AM, Schallert T. Limb use and complex ultrasonic vocalization in a rat model of Parkinson's disease: deficit-targeted training. Parkinsonism Relat. Disord. 2008; 14 Suppl 2():S172-5.

PubMed ID: 18585950; PMCID: PMC2737701

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Ciucci MR, Ma ST, Fox C, Kane JR, Ramig LO, Schallert T. Qualitative changes in ultrasonic vocalization in rats after unilateral dopamine depletion or haloperidol: a preliminary study.Behav. Brain Res. 2007 Sep 4; 182(2):284-9.

PubMed ID: 17397940; PMCID: PMC1993917

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Fox CM, Ramig LO, Ciucci MR, Sapir S, McFarland DH, Farley BG. The science and practice of LSVT/LOUD: neural plasticity-principled approach to treating individuals with Parkinson disease and other neurological disorders. Semin Speech Lang 2006 Nov; 27(4):283-99.

PubMed ID: 17117354