Areas of Research
& Special Interests:

Synaptic Communication

Computational Neuroscience

Glial Cell Physiology

Neurocircuitry

Selected Publications

Educational &
Academic Interests:

Teaching

NSC 5201

Journal Club

On-Off Amacrine
Cell Simulations

Recent Graduate Students

Personal Interests

Selected Publications

• Miller, R.F., Staff, N.P. and T.J. Velte, Form and function of ON-OFF amacrine cells in the amphibian retina, J. Neurophysiol . 95: 3171-3190, 2006.
  
  
• O'Brien, K.B., Miller, R.F. and M.T. Bowser, D-serine uptake by isolated retinas is consistent with ASCT mediated transport, Neurosci. Lett. , 385:58-63, 2005.
  
  
• Sikora, M.A., Gottesman, J. and R.F. Miller, A computational model of the ribbon synapse in the tiger salamander retina, J. Neurosci. Methods , 145:47-61, 2005.
  
  
• Miller, R.F. D-Serine as a glial modulator of nerve cells, Glia, 47: 275-283, 2005.
  
  
• O'Brien, K.B., Esguerra, M., Klug, C.T., Miller, R.F., Bowser, M.T., A high-throughput on-line microdialysis-capillary assay for D-serine. Electrophoresis , 24:1227-1235, 2003.
  
  
• Stevens, E.R., Esguerra, M., Kim, P., Newman, E.A., Snyder, S.H., Zahs, K.R. and R.F. Miller, D-serine and serine racemase are present in the vertebrate retina and contribute to the physiological activation of NMDA receptors. PNAS , 100:6789-6794, 2003.
  
  
• Henderson, D. and R.F. Miller, Evidence for low-voltage-activated (LVA) calcium currents in the dendrites of tiger salamander retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Vis. Neurosci., 20:142-152,2003.
  
  
• Gottesman, J. and R.F. Miller, N -Methyl-D-Aspartate receptors contribute to the baseline noise of retinal ganglion cells, Vis. Neurosci. , 20:329-333, 2003 .
  
  
• Jian, Y., Henderson, D., Blackstad, B.S., Chen, A., Miller, R.F. and C.M. Verfaillie, Neuroectodermal differentiation from mouse multipotent adult progenitor cells. PNAS , 100:Suppl 1: 11854-11860, 2003.
  
  
• Miller, R.F., Stenback, K., Henderson, D., Sikora M., How voltage-gated ion channels alter the functional properties of ganglion and amacrine cell dendrites. Arch Ital Biol , 40:347-59, 2002.
  
  
• Miller, Robert F., Fagerson, M.H., Staff, N.P., Wolfe, R. Doerr, T., Gottesman, J., Sikora, M.A. and Schuneman, R. (2001) The structure and functional connections of presynaptic terminals in the vertebrate retina revealed by activity-dependent dyes and confocal microscopy. J. Comp. Neurol. 437:129-155.
  
  
• Henderson, D., Doerr, T.A., Gottesman, J. and Robert F. Miller (2001) Calcium channel immunoreactivity in the salamander retina. Neuroreport , 12: 1-7.