Stanley J Watson Jr
Ralph Waldo Gerard Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor
Michigan Neurosciences Institute
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Available to mentor

Stanley J Watson Jr
Research Professor
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  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Allele-specific transcription factor binding across human brain regions offers mechanistic insight into eQTLs.
      Anderson AG, Moyers BA, Loupe JM, Rodriguez-Nunez I, Felker SA, Lawlor JMJ, Bunney WE, Bunney BG, Cartagena PM, Sequeira A, Watson SJ, Akil H, Mendenhall EM, Cooper GM, Myers RM. Genome Res, 2024 Sep 20; 34 (8): 1224 - 1234. DOI:10.1101/gr.278601.123
      PMID: 39152038
    • Journal Article
      Multiomic profiling of transcription factor binding and function in human brain.
      Loupe JM, Anderson AG, Rizzardi LF, Rodriguez-Nunez I, Moyers B, Trausch-Lowther K, Jain R, Bunney WE, Bunney BG, Cartagena P, Sequeira A, Watson SJ, Akil H, Cooper GM, Myers RM. Nat Neurosci, 2024 Jul; 27 (7): 1387 - 1399. DOI:10.1038/s41593-024-01658-8
      PMID: 38831039
    • Journal Article
      Adolescent environmental enrichment induces social resilience and alters neural gene expression in a selectively bred rodent model with anxious phenotype.
      O'Connor AM, Hagenauer MH, Thew Forrester LC, Maras PM, Arakawa K, Hebda-Bauer EK, Khalil H, Richardson ER, Rob FI, Sannah Y, Watson SJ, Akil H. Neurobiol Stress, 2024 Jul; 31: 100651 DOI:10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100651
      PMID: 38933284
    • Journal Article
      Resource: A curated database of brain-related functional gene sets (Brain.GMT).
      Hagenauer MH, Sannah Y, Hebda-Bauer EK, Rhoads C, O'Connor AM, Flandreau E, Watson SJ, Akil H. MethodsX, 2024 Dec; 13: 102788 DOI:10.1016/j.mex.2024.102788
      PMID: 39049932
    • Preprint
      Resource: A Curated Database of Brain-Related Functional Gene Sets (Brain.GMT).
      Hagenauer MH, Sannah Y, Hebda-Bauer EK, Rhoads C, O'Connor AM, Watson SJ, Akil H. 2024 Apr 10; DOI:10.1101/2024.04.05.588301
      PMID: 38645214
    • Journal Article
      The impact of COVID-19 on a college freshman sample reveals genetic and nongenetic forms of susceptibility and resilience to stress.
      Turner CA, Khalil H, Murphy-Weinberg V, Hagenauer MH, Gates L, Tang Y, Weinberg L, Grysko R, Floran-Garduno L, Dokas T, Samaniego C, Zhao Z, Fang Y, Sen S, Lopez JF, Watson SJ, Akil H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Dec 5; 120 (49): e2305779120 DOI:10.1073/pnas.2305779120
      PMID: 38011555
    • Journal Article
      High emotional reactivity is associated with activation of a molecularly distinct hippocampal-amygdala circuit modulated by the glucocorticoid receptor.
      Wei Q, Kumar V, Moore S, Li F, Murphy GG, Watson SJ, Akil H. Neurobiol Stress, 2023 Nov; 27: 100581 DOI:10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100581
      PMID: 37928820
    • Journal Article
      Allele biased transcription factor binding across human brain regions gives mechanistic insight into eQTLs.
      Moyers BA, Loupe JM, Felker SA, Lawlor JMJ, Anderson AG, Rodriguez-Nunez I, Bunney WE, Bunney BG, Cartagena PM, Sequeira A, Watson SJ, Akil H, Mendenhall EM, Cooper GM, Myers RM. bioRxiv, 2023 Oct 9; DOI:10.1101/2023.10.06.561245
      PMID: 37873117