Melissa J Coleman |
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Associate Professor of
Biology |
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Email: |
mcoleman@kecksci.claremont.edu |
Office: |
Keck Science Center B37 |
Phone: |
909-607-0889 |
Office Hours: |
W 2-4pm; F 9-10am; or by appointment |
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Educational Background: |
BS, Samford University
PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postdoc, Brandeis University
Postdoc, Barrow Neurological Institute
Postdoc, Duke University |
Courses Taught: |
BIOL 80L Behavioral Neurobiology
BIOL 095 Foundations in Neuroscience
BIOL 148L Neuroscience1: Cell and Molecular
BIOL 149 Neuroscience2: Systems
BIOL 044L Bio 44 lab
BIOL 043L Bio 43 lab
BIOL 140 Selected topics in Neuroscience |
Research Interests: |
Neural basis of behavior, cellular and systems neurobiology, birdsong |
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Selected Publications List: Click
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1.
Williams, S.M.*, A. Nast* and M.J. Coleman
. (2012). Characterization of synaptically connected nuclei in a potential motor feedback pathway in the zebra finch song system. PLoS ONE
7(2): e32178.
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Fortune, E.S., C. Rodriguez, D. Li, G.F. Ball and M.J. Coleman
. (2011). Neural mechanisms for the coordination of duet singing in wrens. Science
334: 666-70.
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Remage-Healey, L., M.J. Coleman, R. K. Oyama, and B. A. Schlinger
. (2010). Brain estrogens rapidly strengthen auditory encoding and guide song preference in a songbird. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
107: 3852–3857.
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Bauer EE, MJ Coleman, TF Roberts, A Roy, J Prather, R Mooney
. (2008). A Synaptic Basis for Auditory-Vocal Integration in the Songbird. Journal of Neurosience
28: 1509-1522.
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Coleman MJ, A Roy, JM Wild and R Mooney
. (2007). Thalamic gating of auditory responses in telencephalic song control nuclei. Journal of Neurosience
27: 10024-10036.
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Coleman, MJ and ET Vu
. (2005). Recovery of impaired songs following unilateral but not bilateral lesions of nucleus uvaeformis of adult zebra finches. J Neurobiology
63: 70-89.
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Coleman, MJ and R Mooney
. (2004). Synaptic transformations underlying highly selective auditory representations of learned birdsong. J Neuroscience
24: 7251-7265.
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