Biography
Rob Mohr was a UW Biology undergraduate researcher in the Sisneros lab from 2009-2010. He joined the lab as a graduate student in the Fall 2011. Rob graduated with a Ph.D. in Psychology (Animal Behavior) in Autumn 2017. Currently he is employed at Amazon Spheres.

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Research
Rob's research focused on the role of the swim bladder for sound reception and communication in the plainfin midshipman. His work involved a combination of field work and controlled laboratory experiments that investigates the neural basis of communication in the soniferous midshipman.

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Publications

Perelmuter JT, Hom KN, Mohr RA, Demis L, Kim S, Chernenko A, Timothy M, Middleton MA, Sisneros JA, and PM Forlano. In Press. Testosterone treatment mimics seasonal downregulation of dopamine innervation in the auditory system of female midshipman fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

 

Colleye O, Vetter BJ, Mohr RA, Seeley LH, and JA Sisneros. 2019. Sexually dimorphic swim bladder extensions enhance the auditory sensitivity of female plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb204552.
 

Mohr RA, Chang Y, Bhandiwad AA, Forlano PM, and JA Sisneros. 2018. Brain activation patterns in response to conspecific and heterospecific social acoustic signals in female plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 91:31-44.

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Mohr RA, Whitchurch EA, Anderson RD, Forlano PM, Fay RR, Ketten DR, Cox TC, and JA Sisneros. 2017. Intra- and Intersexual swim bladder dimorphisms in the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus): implications of swim bladder proximity to the inner ear for sound pressure detection. Journal of Morphology 278: 1458-1468.

 

Coffin AB, Zeddies DG, Fay RR, Brown AD, Alderks PW, Bhandiwad AA, Mohr RA, Gray MD, Rogers PH and JA Sisneros. 2014. Use of the swim bladder and lateral line in near-field sound source localization by fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 

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Petersen CL, Timothy M, Kim DS, Bhandiwad AA, Mohr RA, Sisneros JA, and PM Forlano. 2013. Exposure to advertisement calls of reproductive competitors activates vocal-acoustic and catecholaminergic neurons in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Public Library of Science One 8(8):e70474

Coffin AB, Mohr RA, and JA Sisneros. 2012. Saccular-specific hair cell addition correlates with reproductive state-dependent changes in the auditory saccular sensitivity of a vocal fish. Journal of Neuroscience 32:1366-1376.

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