Education

• PhD, Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1997

Research Interests

Dr. Connor’s research interests include sensorimotor integration for the control of facial movements; tissue flap physiology; voice disorders; and aging and neuromuscular function in the head and neck.

Dr. Connor's Lab

Recent Publications

• Vocal Training Mitigates Age-Related Changes Within the Vocal Mechanism in Old Rats.
  Johnson AM, Ciucci MR, Connor NP
  J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2013 May 13.
  [PubMed ID: 23671289]
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• Differential effects of targeted tongue exercise and treadmill running on aging tongue muscle structure and contractile properties.
  Kletzien H, Russell JA, Leverson GE, Connor NP
  J. Appl. Physiol. 2013 Feb 15; 114(4):472-81.
  [PubMed ID: 23264540, PMC ID: 3568981]
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• Tongue muscle plasticity following hypoglossal nerve stimulation in aged rats.
  Connor NP, Russell JA, Jackson MA, Kletzien H, Wang H, Schaser AJ, Leverson GE, Zealear DL
  Muscle Nerve 2013 Feb; 47(2):230-40.
  [PubMed ID: 23169566, PMC ID: 3556192]
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• Effects of aging on thyroarytenoid muscle regeneration.
  Lee K, Kletzien H, Connor NP, Schultz E, Chamberlain CS, Bless DM
  Laryngoscope 2012 Dec; 122(12):2800-7.
  [PubMed ID: 22965923, PMC ID: 3522788]
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• Videofluorographic assessment of deglutitive behaviors in a rat model of aging and Parkinson disease.
  Russell JA, Ciucci MR, Hammer MJ, Connor NP
  Dysphagia 2013 Mar; 28(1):95-104.
  [PubMed ID: 22763806, PMC ID: 3554861]
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