Brendon Watson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Biomedical Science Research Building
109 Zina Pitcher Pl Rm 5059
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5720
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Brendon Watson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Links
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      New York University, Neurobiology, 2017
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      Weill Cornell Medical College, Psychiatry/Neurobiology, 2013
    • Resident
      Weill Cornell Medical College, Pychiatry, 2013
    • PhD
      Columbia University, 204 Kent Hall, 2009
    • MD
      Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Office of Student Affairs 104 Haven Avenue, Suite 1103, 2009
    • BA (Summa Cum Laude)
      Cornell University, Ithaca, 2000
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute
    Research Overview

    Impact of chronic stress on brain circuits
    Mechanisms of depression
    Role of sleep in regulation of cortical circuits.
    Role of Antidepressant treatments and their effects on neural circuits and behavior
    (animals) or symptoms (patients).
    Mechanisms of cerebral cortical function and regulation.

    Clinical interests:
    Major depressive disorder – treatment refractory depression
    Anxiety Disorders
    Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    Chronic Stress
    Emergency psychiatry

    Links
    • Laboratory Website
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Desynchronization during the synchronized state: Cortical neurons become anti-correlated during nonREM sleep.
      Liu T, Hartner JP, Watson BO. eNeuro, 2024 Feb 17;
    • Journal Article
      Early-life sleep disruption impairs subtle social behaviours in prairie voles: a pose-estimation study.
      Bueno-Junior LS, Jones-Tinsley CE, Milman NEP, Wickham PT, Watson BO, Lim MM. R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Jul; 10 (7): 230700 DOI:10.1098/rsos.230700
      PMID: 37448475
    • Presentation
      Electrophysiology of wake, sleep and spiking homeostasis in neural circuits
      2023 Jun 23;
    • Presentation
      The temporal structure of REM sleep shows minute-scale fluctuations across brain and body in mice and humans
      2023 Jun 5;
    • Dataset
      The temporal structure of REM sleep shows minute-scale fluctuations across brain and body in mice and humans
      Bueno-Junior LS, Ruckstuhl MS, Lim MM, Watson BO. 2023 Apr 3; DOI:10.7302/xxgv-ws73
    • Software / App
      REM infraslow
      Bueno-Junior LS, Ruckstuhl MS, Watson BO. 2023 Mar 28;
    • Journal Article
      LabGym: Quantification of user-defined animal behaviors using learning-based holistic assessment.
      Hu Y, Ferrario CR, Maitland AD, Ionides RB, Ghimire A, Watson B, Iwasaki K, White H, Xi Y, Zhou J, Ye B. Cell Rep Methods, 2023 Mar 27; 3 (3): 100415 DOI:10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100415
      PMID: 37056376
    • Journal Article
      The temporal structure of REM sleep shows minute-scale fluctuations across brain and body in mice and humans.
      Bueno-Junior LS, Ruckstuhl MS, Lim MM, Watson BO. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 May 2; 120 (18): e2213438120 DOI:10.1073/pnas.2213438120
      PMID: 37094161