Michele R. Brumley
Associate Professor
Psychology
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Michele R. Brumley, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Experimental Psychology - Department Chair B.A (1999) DePaul University; Ph.D. (2005) University of Iowa; Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Research Interest
My research program examines the development of coordinated action in perinatal rats, and explores the role of the brain, spinal cord, sensory feedback, and experience in the modulation of motor behavior during ontogeny. Currently, my lab is examining 1.) how locomotor behavior in the rat is controlled by the spinal cord and is shaped by sensorimotor experience, 2.) how motor coordination during the perinatal period is shaped by naturally occurring events such as maternal-infant interactions, and 3.) how posture and locomotion development in human infants relates to development in other domains (language development, socioemotional development) in the context of mother-infant reciprocity. My research has been funded by the NIH, NIH INBRE (Idaho Network for Biomedical Research Excellence) Program of the National Center for Research Resources, NSF WeLEAD, and internal grants from ISU.
Publications
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Roberto ME, Brumley MR (2014) Prematurely delivered rats show improved motor coordination during sensory evoked motor responses compared to age-matched controls. Physiology & Behavior, 130: 75-84.
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Strain MM, Kauer SD, Kao T, Brumley MR (2014) Inter- and intralimb adaptations to a sensory perturbation during activation of the serotonin system after a low thoracic spinal cord transection in neonatal rats. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 80.
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Strain MM, Brumley MR (2014) Range of motion restriction influences quipazine-induced limb activity in postnatal day one and day ten rats. Behavioral Brain Research, 274: 365-381.
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Belnap SC, Allmond J, Boomhower S, Roberto ME, Brumley MR (2014) Sensorimotor training of the leg extension response in one-day-old rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 56: 1553-1563.
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Brumley MR, Kauer SD, Swann HE (2015) Developmental plasticity of coordinated action patterns in the perinatal rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 57: 409-420.
