MCell Publications

Ciliary Ganglion / Ectopic Neurotransmission

Jay S. Coggan, Thomas M. Bartol, Eduardo Esquenazi, Joel R. Stiles, Stephan Lamont, Maryann E. Martone, Darwin K. Berg, Mark H. Ellisman, Terrence J. Sejnowski
Science 15 July 2005: 446-451.
Evidence for Ectopic Neurotransmission at a Neuronal Synapse

MCell Monte Carlo Methods / Neuromuscular Junction

Joel R. Stiles, Thomas M. Bartol
Computational Neuroscience: Realistic Modeling for Experimentalists, editor Erik De Schutter. 2001 p. 87-127 CRC Press
Monte Carlo Methods for Simulating Realistic Synaptic Microphysiology Using MCell

Joel R. Stiles, Thomas M. Bartol, Miriam M. Salpeter, Edwin E. Salpeter, Terrence J. Sejnowski
Synapses, editors W. Maxwell Cowan, Thomas C. Sudhof, Charles F. Stevens 2001 p 681-731 Johns Hopkins University Press
Synaptic Variability: New Insights from Reconstructions and Monte Carlo Simulations with MCell

Joel R. Stiles, Dirk Van Helden, Thomas M. Bartol Jr, Edwin E. Salpeter, Miriam M. Salpeter
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1996 93:5747-5752
Miniature endplate current rise times <100 microseconds from improved recordings can be modeled with passive acetylcholine diffusion from a synaptic vesicle

Thomas M. Bartol Jr., Bruce R. Land, Edwin E. Salpeter, Miriam M. Salpeter
Biophysical Journal 1991 59:1290-1307
Monte Carlo simulation of miniature endplate current generation in the vertebrate

Glutamatergic Synapses / Calcium Dynamics / Dendritic Spines

Kevin M. Franks and Terrence J. Sejnowski
BioEssays 24:1130–1144, 2002
Complexity of calcium signaling in synaptic spines

Kevin M. Franks, Thomas M. Bartol, Terrence J. Sejnowski
Biophysical Journal 2002 83:2333-2348
A Monte Carlo Model Reveals Independent Signaling at Central Glutamatergic Synapse neuromuscular junction

Kevin M. Franks, Thomas M. Bartol, and Terrence J. Sejnowski
Neurocomputing, Volumes 38-40, June 2001, Pages 9-16
An MCell model of calcium dynamics and frequency-dependence of calmodulin activation in dendritic spines

Node of Ranvier

Gina E. Sosinsky, Thomas J. Deerinck, Rocco Greco, Casey H. Buitenhuys, Thomas M. Bartol, Mark H. Ellisman
Neuroinformatics 2005 3:133-162
Development of a Model for Microphysiological Simulations: Small Nodes of Ranvier from Peripheral Nerves of Mice Reconstructed by Electron Tomography

MCell on the Grid

Henri Casanova, Francine Berman, Thomas Bartol, Erhan Gokcay, Terry Sejnowski, Adam Birnbaum, Jack Dongarra, Michelle Miller, Mark Ellisman, Marcio Faerman, Graziano Obertelli, Rich Wolski, Stuart Pomerantz, Joel Stiles
Intl. J. of High Perf. Comp. App. 2004 18:3-17
The Virtual Instrument: Support for Grid-Enabled MCell Simulations

Henri Casanova, Francine Berman, Thomas Bartol, Erhan Gokcay, Terry Sejnowski, Adam Birnbaum, Jack Dongarra, Michelle Miller, Mark Ellisman, Marcio Faerman, Graziano Obertelli, Rich Wolski, Stuart Pomerantz, Joel Stiles
Intl. J. of High Perf. Comp. App. 2001 15:243-257
Distributing MCell Simulations on the Grid