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2025

Olson, Rachel A, Moriah K Wood, Stephane J Montuelle, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2025. “ The Oral Sensory System and Dynamic Modulation of Tongue Kinematics During Chewing in a Carnivoran Omnivore. ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology . https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf043 .

2024

Davis, Jillian Summer, Stephane J Montuelle, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2024. “ Symphyseal Morphology and Jaw Muscle Recruitment Levels During Mastication in Musteloid Carnivorans ”. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology 341 (2): 163—171. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2771 . Montuelle, Stephane J, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2024.

“Prolonged Use of a Soft Diet During Early Growth and Development Alters Feeding Behavior and Chewing Kinematics in a Young Animal Model”. Journal of Morphology 285 (5): e21696. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21696 .

2023

Olson, Rachel A, Stephane J Montuelle, and Susan H Williams. (2023) 2023. “ Characterizing Tongue Deformations During Mastication Using Changes in Planar Components of Three-Dimensional Angles. ”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 378 (1891): 20220555. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0555 .

2021

Olson, Rachel A, Stephane J Montuelle, Hannah Curtis, and Susan H Williams. 2021. “ Regional Tongue Deformations During Chewing and Drinking in the Pig ”. Integrative Organismal Biology (Oxford, England) 3 (1): obab012. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obab012 .

Olson, Rachel A, Stephane J Montuelle, Brad A Chadwell, Hannah Curtis, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2021. “ Jaw Kinematics and Tongue Protraction-Retraction During Chewing and Drinking in the Pig ”. The Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (7): jeb239509. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.239509 .

2020

Montuelle, Stephane J, Rachel A Olson, Hannah Curtis, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2020. “ Unilateral Lingual Nerve Transection Alters Jaw-Tongue Coordination During Mastication in Pigs ”. Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 128 (4): 941—951. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00398.2019

Montuelle, Stephane J, Rachel A Olson, Hannah Curtis, Sophia Beery, and Susan H Williams. 2020. “ Effects of Food Properties on Chewing in Pigs: Flexibility and Stereotypy of Jaw Movements in a Mammalian Omnivore ”. PloS One 15 (2): e0228619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228619 .

Thompson, Cynthia L, Susan H Williams, Kenneth E Glander, Mark F Teaford, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2025) 2020. “ Getting Humans Off MonkeysBacks: Using Primate Acclimation As a Guide for Habitat Management Efforts ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60 (2): 413—424. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa048 .

Montuelle, Stephane J, Rachel A Olson, Hannah Curtis, JoAnna Sidote V, and Susan H Williams. (2019) 2019. “ The Effect of Unilateral Lingual Nerve Injury on the Kinematics of Mastication in Pigs. ”. Archives of Oral Biology 98: 226-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.11.024 .

2018

Montuelle, Stephane J, Rachel Olson, Hannah Curtis, JoAnna Sidote, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2018. “ Flexibility of Feeding Movements in Pigs: Effects of Changes in Food Toughness and Stiffness on the Timing of Jaw Movements ”. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (Pt 2): jeb168088. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.168088 .

2017

Thompson, Cynthia L, Brianna L Powell, Susan H Williams, Goro Hanya, Kenneth E Glander, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2025) 2017. “ Thyroid Hormone Fluctuations Indicate a Thermoregulatory Function in Both a Tropical (Alouatta Palliata) and Seasonally Cold-Habitat (Macaca Fuscata) Primate ”. American Journal of Primatology 79 (11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22714

Thompson, Cynthia L, Caleb Scheidel, Kenneth E Glander, Susan H Williams, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2025) 2017. “An Assessment of Skin Temperature Gradients in a Tropical Primate Using Infrared Thermography and Subcutaneous Implants”. Journal of Thermal Biology 63: 49—57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.11.005 .

Stover, Kristin K, JoAnna Sidote, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2017. “An Ontogenetic Perspective on Symphyseal Fusion, Occlusion and Mandibular Loading in Alpacas (Vicugna Pacos)”. Zoology (Jena, Germany) 124: 95—105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2017.06.006 .

Davis, Jillian S, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2017. “ The Influence of Diet on Masticatory Motor Patterns in Musteloid Carnivorans: An Analysis of Jaw Adductor Activity in Ferrets (Mustela Putorius Furo) and Kinkajous (Potos Flavus) ”. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology 327 (9): 551—561. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2141 .

Mahato, Niladri K, Stephane Montuelle, Craig Goubeaux, John Cotton, Susan Williams, James Thomas, and Brian C Clark. (2017) 2017. “ Quantification of Intervertebral Displacement With a Novel MRI-Based Modeling Technique: Assessing Measurement Bias and Reliability With a Porcine Spine Model. ”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 38: 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2016.12.022 .

Thompson, Cynthia L, Brianna L Powell, Susan H Williams, Goro Hanya, Kenneth E Glander, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2017) 2017. “ Thyroid Hormone Fluctuations Indicate a Thermoregulatory Function in Both a Tropical (Alouatta Palliata) and Seasonally Cold-Habitat (Macaca Fuscata) Primate. ”. American Journal of Primatology 79 (11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22714 .

2016

Druzinsky, Robert E, James P Balhoff, Alfred W Crompton, James Done, Rebecca Z German, Melissa A Haendel, Anthony Herrel, et al. 2016. “ Muscle Logic: New Knowledge Resource for Anatomy Enables Comprehensive Searches of the Literature on the Feeding Muscles of Mammals ”. PloS One 11 (2): e0149102. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149102

Mahato, Niladri K, Stephane Montuelle, John Cotton, Susan Williams, James Thomas, and Brian Clark. (2016) 2016. “ Development of a Morphology-Based Modeling Technique for Tracking Solid-Body Displacements: Examining the Reliability of a Potential MRI-only Approach for Joint Kinematics Assessment. ”. BMC Medical Imaging 16 (1): 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-016-0140-1

2015

Montuelle, Stephane J, and Susan H Williams. 2015. “ In Vivo Measurement of Mesokinesis in Gekko Gecko: The Role of Cranial Kinesis During Gape Display, Feeding and Biting ”. PloS One 10 (7): e0134710. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134710 .

Williams, Susan H, Nicholas R Lozier, Stephane J Montuelle, and Sonsoles De Lacalle. (2015) 2015. “ Effect of Postnatal Myostatin Inhibition on Bite Mechanics in Mice. ”. PloS One 10 (8): e0134854. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134854

2014

Brien, Haley D O, and Susan H Williams. 2014. “ Using Biplanar Fluoroscopy to Guide Radiopaque Vascular Injections: A New Method for Vascular Imaging ”. PloS One 9 (5): e97940. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097940 .

O’Brien, Haley D, and Susan H Williams. (2014) 2014. “ Using Biplanar Fluoroscopy to Guide Radiopaque Vascular Injections: A New Method for Vascular Imaging. ”. PloS One 9 (5): e97940. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097940

Thompson, Cynthia L, Susan H Williams, Kenneth E Glander, Mark F Teaford, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2014) 2014. “ Body Temperature and Thermal Environment in a Generalized Arboreal Anthropoid, Wild Mantled Howling Monkeys (Alouatta Palliata). ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154 (1): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22505 .

2013

Chen, Yong, Susan H Williams, Amy L McNulty, Ji Hee Hong, Suk Hee Lee, Nicole E Rothfusz, Puja K Parekh, et al. (2025) 2013. “ Temporomandibular Joint Pain: A Critical Role for Trpv4 in the Trigeminal Ganglion ”. Pain 154 (8): 1295—1304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.04.004 .

2011

Konow, Nicolai, Anthony Herrel, Callum F Ross, Susan H Williams, Rebecca Z German, Christopher P J Sanford, and Chris Gintof. (2025) 2011. “ Evolution of Muscle Activity Patterns Driving Motions of the Jaw and Hyoid During Chewing in Gnathostomes ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (2): 235—246. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr040 .

Williams, Susan H, Kristin K Stover, Jillian S Davis, and Stephane J Montuelle. (2025) 2011. “ Mandibular Corpus Bone Strains During Mastication in Goats (Capra Hircus): A Comparison of Ingestive and Rumination Chewing ”. Archives of Oral Biology 56 (10): 960—971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2011.02.014 .

Wall, Christine E, Christopher J Vinyard, Susan H Williams, Vladimir Gapeyev, Xianhua Liu, Hilmar Lapp, and Rebecca Z German. (2025) 2011. “ Overview of FEED, the Feeding Experiments End-User Database ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (2): 215—223. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr047 .

Stover, Kristin K, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2011. “ Intraspecific Scaling of Chewing Cycle Duration in Three Species of Domestic Ungulates ”. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (Pt 1): 104—112. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.043646 .

Williams, Susan H, Christopher J Vinyard, Christine E Wall, Alison H Doherty, Alfred W Crompton, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2011. “ A Preliminary Analysis of Correlated Evolution in Mammalian Chewing Motor Patterns ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (2): 247—259. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr068 .

Vinyard, Christopher J, Susan H Williams, Christine E Wall, Alison H Doherty, Alfred W Crompton, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2011. “ A Preliminary Analysis of Correlations Between Chewing Motor Patterns and Mandibular Morphology across Mammals ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (2): 260—270. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr066 .

Vinyard, Christopher J, Andrea B Taylor, Mark F Teaford, Kenneth E Glander, Matthew J Ravosa, James B Rossie, Timothy M Ryan, and Susan H Williams. (2011) 2011. “ Are We Looking for Loads in All the Right Places? New Research Directions for Studying the Masticatory Apparatus of New World Monkeys. ”. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 294 (12): 2140-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21512 .

2010

Ravosa, Matthew J, Callum F Ross, Susan H Williams, and Destiny B Costley. (2025) 2010. “ Allometry of Masticatory Loading Parameters in Mammals ”. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 293 (4): 557—571. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21133 .

Williams, Susan H, JoAnna Sidote, and Kristin K Stover. (2025) 2010. “ Occlusal Development and Masseter Activity in Alpacas (Lama Pacos) ”. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 293 (1): 126—134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21016 .

Davis, Jillian S, Christopher W Nicolay, and Susan H Williams. (2010) 2010. “ A Comparative Study of Incisor Procumbency and Mandibular Morphology in Vampire Bats. ”. Journal of Morphology 271 (7): 853-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10840 .

2009

Williams, Susan H, Christopher J Vinyard, Christine E Wall, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2009. “ Mandibular Corpus Bone Strain in Goats and Alpacas: Implications for Understanding the Biomechanics of Mandibular Form in Selenodont Artiodactyls ”. Journal of Anatomy 214 (1): 65—78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01008.x .

Williams, Susan H, Erika Peiffer, and Sonya Ford. (2025) 2009. “ Gape and Bite Force in the Rodents Onychomys Leucogaster and Peromyscus Maniculatus: Does Jaw-Muscle Anatomy Predict Performance? ”. Journal of Morphology 270 (11): 1338—1347. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10761 .

2008

Vinyard, Christopher J, Christine E Wall, Susan H Williams, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2008. “ Patterns of Variation across Primates in Jaw-Muscle Electromyography During Mastication ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48 (2): 294—311. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icn071 .

2007

Ross, Callum F, Alison Eckhardt, Anthony Herrel, William L Hylander, Keith A Metzger, Vicky Schaerlaeken, Rhyan L Washington, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2007. “ Modulation of Intra-Oral Processing in Mammals and Lepidosaurs ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47 (1): 118—136. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm044 .

Ross, Callum F, Ruchi Dharia, Susan W Herring, William L Hylander, Zi-Jun Liu, Katherine L Rafferty, Matthew J Ravosa, and Susan H Williams. (2025) 2007. “Modulation of Mandibular Loading and Bite Force in Mammals During Mastication”. The Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (Pt 6): 1046—1063. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02733 .

Williams, Susan H, Christopher J Vinyard, Christine E Wall, and William L Hylander. (2007) 2007. “ Masticatory Motor Patterns in Ungulates: A Quantitative Assessment of Jaw-Muscle Coordination in Goats, Alpacas and Horses. ”. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology 307 (4): 226-40.

Ross, Callum F, Alison Eckhardt, Anthony Herrel, William L Hylander, Keith A Metzger, Vicky Schaerlaeken, Rhyan L Washington, and Susan H Williams. (2007) 2007. “ Modulation of Intra-Oral Processing in Mammals and Lepidosaurs. ”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47 (1): 118-36.

2006

Wall, Christine E, Christopher J Vinyard, Kirk R Johnson, Susan H Williams, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2006. “ Phase II Jaw Movements and Masseter Muscle Activity During Chewing in Papio Anubis ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129 (2): 215—224. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20290 .

Vinyard, Christopher J, Christine E Wall, Susan H Williams, Kirk R Johnson, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2006. “ Masseter Electromyography During Chewing in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur Catta) ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130 (1): 85—95. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20307 .

2005

Williams, Susan H, Barth W Wright, Van den Truong, Christopher R Daubert, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2025) 2005. “ Mechanical Properties of Foods Used in Experimental Studies of Primate Masticatory Function ”. American Journal of Primatology 67 (3): 329—346. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20189 .

Vinyard, Christopher J, Susan H Williams, Christine E Wall, Kirk R Johnson, and William L Hylander. (2025) 2005. “ Jaw-Muscle Electromyography During Chewing in Belanger S Treeshrews (Tupaia Belangeri) ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127 (1): 26—45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20176 .

Hylander, William L, Christine E Wall, Christopher J Vinyard, Callum Ross, Mathew R Ravosa, Susan H Williams, and Kirk R Johnson. (2005) 2005. “ Temporalis Function in Anthropoids and Strepsirrhines: An EMG Study. ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128 (1): 35-56.

Williams, Susan H, Barth W Wright, Van den Truong, Christopher R Daubert, and Christopher J Vinyard. (2005) 2005. “ Mechanical Properties of Foods Used in Experimental Studies of Primate Masticatory Function. ”. American Journal of Primatology 67 (3): 329-46.

2003

Vinyard, Christopher J, Christine E Wall, Susan H Williams, and William L Hylander. (2003) 2003. “ Comparative Functional Analysis of Skull Morphology of Tree-Gouging Primates. ”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 120 (2): 153-70.

2002

Williams, Susan H, Christine E Wall, Christopher J Vinyard, and William L Hylander. 2002. “ A Biomechanical Analysis of Skull Form in Gum-Harvesting Galagids ”. Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology 73 (4): 197—209. https://doi.org/10.1159/000065429 .

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