RESEARCH & FACULTY

David McDougal, PhD

Instructor

Department/Laboratory:
Autonomic Neurosciences- Hermann
Phone:
(225) 763-0278
 		 Fax:
(225) 763-0260
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EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy
Vision Sciences
December 2008
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Bachelor of Science
Psychology
December 2001
Biological Sciences
December 1999
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

McDougal, D.H., Hermann, G.E., and Rogers, R.C. Vagal afferent stimulation activates astrocytes in the nucleus of the solitary tract via an atypical signaling mechanism. In preparation

McDougal, D.H., & Gamlin, P.D. 2010. The influence of intrinsically-photosensitive retinal ganglion cells on the spectral sensitivity and response dynamics of the human pupillary light reflex. Vision Res. 50(1):72-87. PMCID: PMC2795133

Gamlin, P. D., McDougal, D. H., Pokorny, J., Smith, V. C., Yau, K. W. and Dacey, D. M. 2007. Human and macaque pupil responses driven by melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells. Vision Res 47, 946-54. PMCID: PMC1945238
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