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Robert J. McDonald

Robert J. McDonald

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Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
14897
World Ranking
4294
National Ranking
245

Overview

Robert J. McDonald is affiliated with the University of Lethbridge in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions across several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, neurology, and physiology.

The scientist's work spans various prominent topics within neuroscience, particularly memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, stress responses and cortisol, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, sleep and wakefulness research, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

McDonald has contributed to multiple publications in several venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Hippocampus
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by McDonald include:

  • Intact Behavioral Expression of Contextual Fear, Context Discrimination, and Object Discrimination Memories Acquired in the Absence of the Hippocampus, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Dramatic impacts on brain pathology, anxiety, and cognitive function in the knock-in APPNL-G-F mouse model of Alzheimer disease following long-term voluntary exercise, 2022, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Are Owls and Larks Different When it Comes to Aggression? Genetics, Neurobiology, and Behavior, 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Repeated multi-domain cognitive training prevents cognitive decline, anxiety and amyloid pathology found in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease, 2023, Communications Biology
  • A local circadian clock for memory?, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Frequent collaborators include researchers Robert J. Sutherland, Nancy S. Hong, Scott H. Deibel, Majid H. Mohajerani, and Jogender Mehla. These collaborations have contributed to the range and depth of research topics explored.

Best Publications

  • A triple dissociation of memory systems: hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal striatum

    Robert J. McDonald;Norman M. White

  • A role for adult neurogenesis in spatial long-term memory.

    J.S. Snyder;N.S. Hong;R.J. McDonald;J.M. Wojtowicz

  • Multiple parallel memory systems in the brain of the rat.

    Norman M. White;Robert J. McDonald

  • Parallel information processing in the water maze: evidence for independent memory systems involving dorsal striatum and hippocampus.

    Robert J. McDonald;Norman M. White

  • A triple dissociation of memory systems: hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal striatum.

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  • The dorsal hippocampus is essential for context discrimination but not for contextual conditioning

    Paul W. Frankland;Vincenzo Cestari;Robert K. Filipkowski;Robert J. McDonald

  • Revisiting the cholinergic hypothesis in the development of Alzheimer's disease☆

    Laura A. Craig;Nancy S. Hong;Robert J. McDonald

  • Dissociation of the Medial Prefrontal, Posterior Parietal, and Posterior Temporal Cortex for Spatial Navigation and Recognition Memory in the Rat

    Bryan Kolb;Kristin Buhrmann;Robert McDonald;Robert J. Sutherland

  • Hippocampus, amygdala, and memory deficits in rats.

    R.J. Sutherland;R.J. McDonald

  • Effects of medial and lateral caudate-putamen lesions on place- and cue-guided behaviors in the water maze: relation to thigmotaxis

    B.D. Devan;R.J. McDonald;N.M. White

  • Hippocampal and nonhippocampal contributions to place learning in rats.

    Robert J. McDonald;Norman M. White

  • Dorsal/ventral hippocampus, fornix, and conditioned place preference.

    Janina Ferbinteanu;R.J. McDonald

  • Damage to the hippocampal formation in rats selectively impairs the ability to learn cue relationships.

    R.J. Sutherland;R.J. McDonald;C.R. Hill;J.W. Rudy

  • The trouble with circadian clock dysfunction: multiple deleterious effects on the brain and body.

    Erin L. Zelinski;Scott H. Deibel;Robert J. McDonald

  • Prenatal exposure to moderate levels of ethanol can have long‐lasting effects on hippocampal synaptic plasticity in adult offspring

    Robert J. Sutherland;Robert J. McDonald;Daniel D. Savage

  • Amygdala, hippocampus and discriminative fear conditioning to context.

    Elena A Antoniadis;Robert J McDonald

  • Context, emotion, and the strategic pursuit of goals: interactions among multiple brain systems controlling motivated behavior.

    Aaron J. Gruber;Robert J. McDonald

  • Dissociation of memory systems: The story unfolds.

    Norman M White;Mark G Packard;Robert J McDonald

  • Acquisition of a spatial conditioned place preference is impaired by amygdala lesions and improved by fornix lesions.

    Norman M. White;Robert J. McDonald

  • Discriminative fear conditioning to context expressed by multiple measures of fear in the rat.

    E.A Antoniadis;R.J McDonald

  • Both dorsal and ventral hippocampus contribute to spatial learning in Long-Evans rats.

    Janina Ferbinteanu;Colleen Ray;Robert J. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Sutherland
Robert J. Sutherland University of Lethbridge
Norman M. White
Norman M. White McGill University
Martin R. Ralph
Martin R. Ralph University of Toronto
Bruce L. McNaughton
Bruce L. McNaughton University of California, Irvine
Bryan Kolb
Bryan Kolb University of Lethbridge
John J. Furedy
John J. Furedy University of Toronto
David F. Cechetto
David F. Cechetto University of Western Ontario
Ian Q. Whishaw
Ian Q. Whishaw University of Lethbridge
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Liang Zhang
Liang Zhang University Health Network

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