Miky Timothy

City University of New York - Brooklyn College | CUNY · Department of Biology

While the neural circuitry and physiology of the auditory system is well studied among vertebrates, far less is known about how the auditory system interacts with other neural substrates to mediate behavioral responses to social acoustic signals. One species that has been the subject of intensive neuroethological investigation with regard to the pr...

Catecholamines, which include the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenaline, are known modulators of sensorimotor function, reproduction, and sexually motivated behaviors across vertebrates, including vocal-acoustic communication. Recently, we demonstrated robust catecholaminergic (CA) innervation throughout the vocal motor system in the plainfi...

Serotonin (5‐HT) is a modulator of neural circuitry underlying motor patterning, homeostatic control, and social behavior. While previous studies have described 5‐HT distribution in various teleosts, serotonergic raphe subgroups in fish are not well defined and therefore remain problematic for cross‐species comparisons. Here we used the plainfin mi...

The cover image is based on the Research Article SEROTONIN DISTRIBUTION IN THE BRAIN OF THE PLAINFIN MIDSHIPMAN: SUBSTRATES FOR VOCAL ‐ ACOUSTIC MODULATION AND A REEVALUATION OF THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM IN TELEOST FISHES by Miky Timothy and Paul M. Forlano. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24938.

In seasonally breeding vertebrates, hormones coordinate changes in nervous system structure and function to facilitate reproductive readiness and success. Steroid hormones often exert their effects indirectly via regulation of neuromodulators, which in turn can coordinate the modulation of sensory input with appropriate motor output. Female plainfi...

'Custom Macros' interface buttons for core commands and preprocessing mode.

A side-by-side comparison of the ImageJ macro language used as a scripting language, the same program written in the AWK scripting language, and some ImageJ macro code recorded from interface command interaction.

Vocal species use acoustic signals to facilitate diverse behaviors such as mate attraction and territorial defense. However, little is known regarding the neural substrates that interpret such divergent conspecific signals. Using the plainfin midshipman fish model, we tested whether specific catecholaminergic (i.e., dopaminergic and noradrenergic)...

Little is known regarding the coordination of audition with decision-making and subsequent motor responses that initiate social behavior including mate localization during courtship. Using the midshipman fish model, we tested the hypothesis that the time spent by females attending and responding to the advertisement call is correlated with the acti...

Monoamines, which include catecholamines (e.g., dopamine and noradrenaline) and serotonin, are important regulators of reward, motivation and reproductive‐related behaviors across vertebrates. Studies in tetrapods have demonstrated that monoamines can also serve a modulatory function for vocalization and audition. Antibodies directed against seroto...