Robert McDougal, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Research & Publications
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Research Interests
Computer Simulation; Neurosciences; Computational Biology; Informatics; Biostatistics
Public Health Interests
Bioinformatics; Modeling; Health Informatics
Selected Publications
- Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN), a new software tool for interpreting the cellular and network origin of human MEG/EEG data.Neymotin SA, Daniels DS, Caldwell B, McDougal RA, Carnevale NT, Jas M, Moore CI, Hines ML, Hämäläinen M, Jones SR. Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN), a new software tool for interpreting the cellular and network origin of human MEG/EEG data. ELife 2020, 9 PMID: 31967544, PMCID: PMC7018509, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.51214.
- Automated Metadata Suggestion During Repository Submission.McDougal RA, Dalal I, Morse TM, Shepherd GM. Automated Metadata Suggestion During Repository Submission. Neuroinformatics 2019, 17: 361-371. PMID: 30382537, PMCID: PMC6494730, DOI: 10.1007/s12021-018-9403-z.
- Neuron Names: A Gene- and Property-Based Name Format, With Special Reference to Cortical Neurons.Shepherd GM, Marenco L, Hines ML, Migliore M, McDougal RA, Carnevale NT, Newton AJH, Surles-Zeigler M, Ascoli GA. Neuron Names: A Gene- and Property-Based Name Format, With Special Reference to Cortical Neurons. Frontiers In Neuroanatomy 2019, 13: 25. PMID: 30949034, PMCID: PMC6437103, DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00025.
- NetPyNE, a tool for data-driven multiscale modeling of brain circuits.Dura-Bernal S, Suter BA, Gleeson P, Cantarelli M, Quintana A, Rodriguez F, Kedziora DJ, Chadderdon GL, Kerr CC, Neymotin SA, McDougal RA, Hines M, Shepherd GM, Lytton WW. NetPyNE, a tool for data-driven multiscale modeling of brain circuits. ELife 2019, 8 PMID: 31025934, PMCID: PMC6534378, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.44494.
- Twenty years of ModelDB and beyond: building essential modeling tools for the future of neuroscience.McDougal RA, Morse TM, Carnevale T, Marenco L, Wang R, Migliore M, Miller PL, Shepherd GM, Hines ML. Twenty years of ModelDB and beyond: building essential modeling tools for the future of neuroscience. Journal Of Computational Neuroscience 2017, 42: 1-10. PMID: 27629590, PMCID: PMC5279891, DOI: 10.1007/s10827-016-0623-7.
- Multithreaded Stochastic PDES for Reactions and Diffusions in Neurons.Lin Z, Tropper C, Mcdougal RA, Patoary MNI, Lytton WW, Yao Y, Hines ML. Multithreaded Stochastic PDES for Reactions and Diffusions in Neurons. ACM Transactions On Modeling And Computer Simulation : A Publication Of The Association For Computing Machinery 2017, 27 PMID: 28943743, PMCID: PMC5604336, DOI: 10.1145/2987373.
- Simulation Neurotechnologies for Advancing Brain Research: Parallelizing Large Networks in NEURON.Lytton WW, Seidenstein AH, Dura-Bernal S, McDougal RA, Schürmann F, Hines ML. Simulation Neurotechnologies for Advancing Brain Research: Parallelizing Large Networks in NEURON. Neural Computation 2016, 28: 2063-90. PMID: 27557104, PMCID: PMC5295685, DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00876.
- Calcium regulation of HCN channels supports persistent activity in a multiscale model of neocortex.Neymotin SA, McDougal RA, Bulanova AS, Zeki M, Lakatos P, Terman D, Hines ML, Lytton WW. Calcium regulation of HCN channels supports persistent activity in a multiscale model of neocortex. Neuroscience 2016, 316: 344-66. PMID: 26746357, PMCID: PMC4724569, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.043.
- NTW-MT: a Multi-threaded Simulator for Reaction Diffusion Simulations in NEURONLin, Z., Tropper, C., Ishlam Patoary, M. N., McDougal, R. A., Lytton, W. W., & Hines, M. L. (2015, June). NTW-MT: a Multi-threaded Simulator for Reaction Diffusion Simulations in NEURON. In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Conference on SIGSIM-Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (pp. 157-167). ACM.
- Neuronal calcium wave propagation varies with changes in endoplasmic reticulum parameters: a computer model.Neymotin SA, McDougal RA, Sherif MA, Fall CP, Hines ML, Lytton WW. Neuronal calcium wave propagation varies with changes in endoplasmic reticulum parameters: a computer model. Neural Computation 2015, 27: 898-924. PMID: 25734493, PMCID: PMC4386758, DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00712.
- 3D-printer visualization of neuron models.McDougal RA, Shepherd GM. 3D-printer visualization of neuron models. Frontiers In Neuroinformatics 2015, 9: 18. PMID: 26175684, PMCID: PMC4485057, DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2015.00018.
- ModelView for ModelDB: Online Presentation of Model Structure.McDougal RA, Morse TM, Hines ML, Shepherd GM. ModelView for ModelDB: Online Presentation of Model Structure. Neuroinformatics 2015, 13: 459-70. PMID: 25896640, PMCID: PMC4618280, DOI: 10.1007/s12021-015-9269-2.
- Neuron time warpPatoary, M. N. I., Tropper, C., Lin, Z., McDougal, R., & Lytton, W. W. (2014, December). Neuron time warp. In Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 3447-3458). IEEE Press.
- Water-tight membranes from neuronal morphology files.McDougal RA, Hines ML, Lytton WW. Water-tight membranes from neuronal morphology files. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 2013, 220: 167-78. PMID: 24091136, PMCID: PMC4197804, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.09.011.
- Reaction-diffusion in the NEURON simulator.McDougal RA, Hines ML, Lytton WW. Reaction-diffusion in the NEURON simulator. Frontiers In Neuroinformatics 2013, 7: 28. PMID: 24298253, PMCID: PMC3828620, DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2013.00028.
- Alternative splicing regulates kv3.1 polarized targeting to adjust maximal spiking frequency.Gu Y, Barry J, McDougel R, Terman D, Gu C. Alternative splicing regulates kv3.1 polarized targeting to adjust maximal spiking frequency. The Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2012, 287: 1755-69. PMID: 22105078, PMCID: PMC3265858, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.299305.