Early life and education
Miller completed her undergraduate degree at theCareer and research
In 2009, Miller was appointed an assistant professorship atAwards and achievements
* Host, SFN Women in Neuroscience Luncheon, "Effective self-promotion" (2018) * Contributor, NIH Opioid Meeting Series, "Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of pain" (2017) * Organizer, SFN Professional Development Workshop, "Addressing issues facing women in the early stages of their scientific career" * PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers), awarded by President Obama (2016) * Distinguished Speaker Award, UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (2016) * TSRI Outstanding Mentor Award (2015) * Most influential paper published by Neuron in 2007 (2014) * Associate Member, American College of Neuropharmacology (ACNP; 2014) * Faculty of 1000 Selections (2013, 2010, 2007) * Kauffman Fellow, Venture Capital Program (2008) * Co-Organizer, SFN Social, Professional Women's Nexus (PWN), "Breaking barriers for young women in science" (2008–present) * Co-founder, Professional Women's Nexus (PWN) (2007) * NIDA Young Investigator Award (2005)Select publications
* Miller CA and Marshall JF (2004). Altered prelimbic cortex output during cue-elicited drug seeking. Journal of Neuroscience 24, 6889–97. * Miller CA and Marshall JF (2005). Altered Fos expression in neural pathways involved in cue-elicited drug seeking. European Journal of Neuroscience 21, 1385–93. * Miller CA and Marshall JF (2005). Molecular substrates for retrieval and reconsolidation of cocaine-associated contextual memory. Neuron 47, 873–84. * Levenson MJ, Roth TL, Lubin FD, Miller CA, Huang IC, Desai P, Malone L, Sweatt JD (2006). Evidence that DNA (Cytosine-5) methyltransferases regulate synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 15763–73. * Miller CA and Sweatt JD (2007). Covalent modification of DNA regulates memory formation. Neuron 53, 857–69. * Miller CA, Susan Campbell and Sweatt JD (2008). DNA methylation and histone acetylation work in concert to regulate memory formation and synaptic plasticity. Neurobiology Learning and Memory 89, 599–603. * Guo X, Hamilton PJ, Reish N, Sweatt JD, Miller CA, and Rumbaugh G (2008). Reduced expression of the NMDA receptor-interacting protein SynGAP causes behavioral abnormalities that model symptoms of schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 34, 1659–72. * Cahill ME, Xie Z, Day M, Barbolina MV, Miller CA, Weiss C, Radulovic J, Sweatt JD, Disterhoft JF, Surmeier DJ and Penzes P (2009). Kalarin regulates cortical spine morphogenesis and disease-related behavioral phenotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 13058–63. * Kilgore M*, Miller CA*, Fass DM, Hennig KM, Haggerty S, Sweatt JD and Rumbaugh G (2010). Inhibitors of Class I histone deacetylases reverse contextual memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. Neuropsychopharmacology 35, 870–80. * Miller CA, Gavin CF, White JA, Parrish RR, Honasoge A, Yancey CR, Rivera IM, Rubio MD, Rumbaugh G and Sweatt JD (2010) Cortical DNA methylation maintains remote memory. Nature Neuroscience 13: 664–6. * Rex C, Gavin CF, Rubio MD, Kramar EA, Jia Y, Huganir RL, Muzyczka N, Gall CM, Miller CA, Lynch G and Rumbaugh G (2010) Myosin IIB regulates actin dynamics during synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Neuron 67:603-17. * Clement JP, Ozkan ED, Aceti M, Miller CA and Rumbaugh G (2013) SYNGAP1 links the maturation rate of excitatory synapses to the duration of critical-period synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience 33:10447-52. * Young EJ, Griggs EM, Aceti M, Fuchs RA, Zigmond Z, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2014) Selective, retrieval-independent disruption of methamphetamine-associated memory by actin depolymerization. Biological Psychiatry 75:96-104. (Priority Communication) * Ozkan E, Creson TC, Kramar EA, Rojas C, Seese RR, Babyan AH, Shi Y, Lucero R, Xu X, Noebels JL, Miller CA, Lynch G and Rumbaugh G (2014) Reduced cognition in Syngap1 mutants is caused by isolated damage within developing forebrain excitatory neurons. Neuron 82:1317-33. * Aguilar-Valles A, Vaissiere T, Griggs EM, Mikaelsson M, Takacs I, Young EJ, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2014) Methamphetamine-associated memory is regulated by a writer and an eraser of permissive histone methylation. Biological Psychiatry 76:57-65. * Aceti M, Creson TK, Vaissiere T, Rojas C, Huang W, Wang Y, Petralia RS, Page DT, Miller CA and Rumbaugh G (2015) Syngap1 haploinsufficiency damages a postnatal critical period of pyramidal cell structural maturation linked to cortical circuit assembly. Biological Psychiatry 77:805-15. * Rumbaugh G*, Sillivan SE*, Ozkan ED, Rojas CS, Hubbs CR, Aceti M, Kilgore M, Kudugunti S, Puthanveettil SV, Sweatt JD, Rusche J and Miller CA (2015) Pharmacological selectivity within class I histone deacetylases predicts effects on synaptic function and memory rescue. Neuropsychopharmacology 40:2307-16. * Sillivan SE, Vaissiere T and Miller CA (2015) Neuroepigenetic regulation of pathogenic memories. Neuroepigenetics, 1:28-33. * Ozkan ED, Aceti M, Creson TK, Rojas CS, Hubbs CR, McGuire MN, Kakad PP, Miller CA and Rumbaugh G (2015) Input-specific regulation of hippocampal circuit maturation by non-muscle myosin IIB. Journal of Neurochemistry 134:429-44. * Mediouni S, Miller C, Marcondes MCG, McLaughlin J, Valente ST (2015) The cross-talk of HIV-1 Tat and methamphetamine in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:1164. * Young EJ, Briggs SB and Miller CA (2015) The actin cytoskeleton as a therapeutic target for the prevention of relapse to methamphetamine use. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 14:731-7. * Young EJ*, Blouin AM*, Briggs SB*, Sillivan SE, Lin L, Cameron MD, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2016) Nonmuscle myosin IIB as a therapeutic target for the prevention of relapse to methamphetamine use. Molecular Psychiatry, 21:615-23. * Mavrikavi M, Girardet C, Kern A, Brantley AF, Miller CA, Macarthu Hr, Marks DL and Butler AA (2016) Melantocortin-3 receptors in the limbic system mediate feeding-related motivational responses during weight loss. Molecular Metabolism, 5:566-79. * Blouin AM*, Sillivan SE*, Joseph NF and Miller CA (2016) The potential of epigenetics in stress-enhanced fear learning models of PTSD. Learning & Memory, 23:576-86. * Girardet C, Mavrikaki MM, Stevens JR, Miller CA, Marks DL and Butler AA (2017) Melanocortin-3 receptors expressed in Nkx2.1(+ve) neurons are sufficient for controlling appetitive responses to hypocaloric conditioning. Scientific Reports, 7:44444. * Briggs SB*, Blouin AM*, Young EJ, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2017) Memory disrupting effects of nonmuscle myosin II inhibition depend on the class of abused drug and brain region. Learning & Memory, 24:70-75. * Young EJ, Briggs SB, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2017) Nonmuscle myosin II inhibition disrupts methamphetamine-associated memory in females and adolescents. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 139: 109–116. * Sillivan SE, Joseph NF, Jamieson S, King ML, Chevere-Torres I, Fuentes I, Shumyatsky GP, Brantley AF, Rumbaugh G and Miller CA (2017) Susceptibility and resilience to PTSD-like behaviors in inbred mice. Biological Psychiatry, 82:924-933. * Furth D, Vaissiere T, Tzortzi O, Xuan Y, Martin A, Lazaridis I, Spigolon G, Fisone G, Tomer R, Deisseroth K, Carlen M, Miller CA, Rumbaugh G and Meletis K. An interactive framework for whole-brain maps at cellular resolution. Nature Neuroscience, 21:139-149. * Spicer TP, Hubbs C, Vaissiere T, Collia D, Rojas C, Kilinc M, Vick K, Madoux F, Baillargeon P, Shumate J, Martemyanov KA, Page DT, Puthanveettil S, Hodder P, Davis R, Miller CA, Scampavia L, Rumbaugh G (2018) Improved scalability of neuron-based phenotypic screening assays for therapeutic discovery in neuropsychiatric disorders. Molecular Neuropsychiatry, 3:141-150.References
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