Julia E. Jagielo-Miller

Research Interests:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Acute effects of alcohol
Alcohol Abuse
Learning and Memory
Calcium Signaling
organotypic hippocampal slice culture
Education

2022 PhD, University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology

2019 M.S., University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology

2016 B.S., Univeristy of Edinboro, Department of Psychology

2016 B.S., Univeristy of Edinboro, Department of Biology

Research

Graduate Research

Characterization of in vitro models of traumatic brain injury and ethanol insults (Dr. Mark A. Prendergast), Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.

Biochemical abnormalities and behavioral pathologies associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders using organotypic hippocampal slice culture and rodent behavior models (Dr. Mark A. Prendergast), Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.

Scaling toxicity of COVID spike proteins (SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Subunit 1) in ethanol treated or untreated organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (Dr. Mark A. Prendergast), Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.

Treatment for cytotoxicity associated with alcohol use disorder using novel compounds in an organotypic hippocampal slice culture model (Dr. Mark A. Prendergast), Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.

 

Undergraduate Research

Search for novel inhibitors for markers of angiogenesis (cell proliferation and cell migration) in spider hemolymph (Dr. Matthew Foradori) University of Edinboro, Department of Psychology.

Effects of CB1 receptor antagonists in various behavioral paradigms, with a focus on impulsivity and memory, in vivo (Dr. Peter J. McLaughlin), University of Edinboro, Department of Psychology.

 

Selected Publications:

Glaser, E.P., Stewart, A.N., Jagielo-Miller, J.E., Bailey, C.S., Prendergast, M.P., and Gensel, J.C.(2023). The Effects of Acute Ethanol Intoxication on Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes in Female Mice.  Journal of Neurotrauma.

Bailey, C. S., Jagielo-Miller, J. E., Keller, P. S., Glaser, E. P., Wilcox, A. L., & Prendergast, M. A. (2022). Ethanol sustains phosphorylated tau protein in the cultured neonatal rat hippocampus: Implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Alcohol, 103, 45-54.

Eaton, S.E., Jagielo-Miller, J.E., Prendergast, M.A., and Akins, C.K. (2022).  Sex differences of ethanol pharmacokinetics in Japanese quail. Poultry Science 100(5), 101790.

Groft, M. L., Normann, M. C., Nicklas, P. R., Jagielo-Miller, J. E., & McLaughlin, P. J. (2019). Biphasic effects of 5-HT 1A agonism on impulsive responding are dissociable from effects on anxiety in the variable consecutive number task. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 1-10.

Rice, B., Saunders, M., Jagielo-Miller, J., Prendergast, M., & Akins, C. (2019). Repeated Subcutaneous Administration of PT150 Has Dose-Dependent Effects on Sign Tracking in Male Japanese Quail. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2019.

McLaughlin, P.J., Jagielo-Miller, J.E., Plyler, E.S., Schutte K.K., Vemuri, V.K. & Makriyannis, A. (2017).  Differential effects of cannabinoid CB1 inverse agonists and antagonists on impulsivity in male Sprague Dawley rats: Identification of a possibly clinically-relevant vulnerability involving the serotonin 5HT1A receptor.  Psychopharmacology, 234(6), 1029-1043.

Thompson, E. E., Jagielo-Miller, J.E., Vemuri, V. K., Makriyannis, A., & McLaughlin, P. J. (2016). CB1 antagonism produces behaviors more consistent with satiety than reduced reward value in food-maintained responding in rats. Journal Of Psychopharmacology, 30(5), 482-491.