Diana Sarko

Dr. Diana K. Sarko is an American scientistGoogle Scholar Profile https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=75qHJbsAAAAJ&hl, Associate ProfessorSIU Faculty Profile https://www.siumed.edu/diana-sarko, and director of Neuroscience Research and Anatomy Education at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate bachelor of sciences degree in Neuroscience a Behavioral Biology from Emory University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Florida. She completed her postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology at
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine before joining Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Sarko's research focuses on understanding specialized sensory processing in animals and how sensory systems work together. She has published research articles on tooth movements Cain BW, Reynolds T, Sarko DK. Superficial, suprahyoid, and infrahyoid neck musculature in naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber): Relative size and potential contributions to independent movement of the lower incisors. J Morphol. 2019 Aug;280(8):1185-1196. doi: 10.1002/jmor.21022. Epub 2019 Jun 10. PMID: 31180596.,sensationsCutaneous and periodontal inputs to the cerebellum of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) and other behaviors“How Eating Poop Makes These Mole-Rats More Motherly,” by Jason Daley. Quoted for expertise/commentary regarding naked mole-rat behavior and alloparenting. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-eating-poop-makes-these-mole-rats-more-motherly-180970140/ found in the naked mole rat“SIU researcher studying naked mole rats’ peculiar adaptations,” by K. Janis Esch. https://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-researcher-studying-naked-mole-rats-peculiar-adaptations/article_02358a70-c28f-5391-8b5e-6571093c649c.html, whisker sensation in the rock hyraxSarko DK, Rice FL, Reep RL. 2015. Elaboration and innervation of the vibrissal system in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Brain Behav Evol. 85(3): 170-188. PMID: 26022696, the lateral line system in manateesReep RL, Gaspard JC III, Sarko DK, Rice FL, Mann DA, Bauer GB. 2011. The manatee “lateral line.” Annals of the NYAS. 1225(1):101-9., whisker movements in the manateeSave the Manatee Club, “How manatees find their way,” by Roger Reep. http://www.savethemanatee.org/news_feature_tactile_09.htmlNational Geographic News, “Manatees Have ‘Long Distance’ Sense of Touch, Experts Say,” by Blake de Pastino. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-manatees.htmlNew York Times, “Sleek? Well, No. Complex? Yes, Indeed,” by Erica Goode. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/science/29mana.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0, the brain structure of the american water shrewLeitch DB, Gauthier D, Sarko DK, Catania KC. 2011. Chemoarchitecture of Layer 4 Isocortex in the American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris). Brain Behav Evol, 78(4):261-71., touch sensation in the Northern grasshopper mouse|northern grasshopper mouseSarko DK, Leitch DB, Girard I, Sikes RS, Catania KC. 2010. Organization of somatosensory cortex in the northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster), a predatory rodent. J Comp Neurol. 519(1): 64-74., and the ability of dolphins to recognize themselves in a mirrorSarko D, Marino L, Reiss D. 2002. A bottlenose dolphin’s (Tursiops truncatus) responses to its mirror image: Further analysis. IJCP 15(1):69-76.
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