Stanley J Watson Jr

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Ralph Waldo Gerard Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor
Michigan Neurosciences Institute
Medical School
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Stanley J Watson Jr
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    • Journal Article
      The Converging Effects of Different Categories of Antidepressants on the Brain: A Systematic Meta-Analysis of Public Transcriptional Profiling Data from the Hippocampus and Cortex
      Geoghegan E, Hagenauer M, Hernandez E, Espinoza S, Flandreau E, Nguyen P, Santiago A, Bhuiyan MR, Mensch S, Watson Jr S, Akil H, Hen R. Journal of Neurochemistry, 2026 Jul 1; In Press: DOI:10.1111/jnc.70502
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      A Meta-Analysis of the Converging Effects of Different Classes of Antipsychotics on the Frontal Cortex Transcriptome in Laboratory Rodents and Non-Human Primates.
      Bhuiyan MR, Hagenauer MH, Geoghegan E, Flandreau E, Watson S, Akil H. 2026 Jun 29; DOI:10.64898/2026.06.24.734301
      PMID: 42427766
    • Journal Article
      Genetic Architecture of Addiction-Relevant Behaviors in Outbred Sprague–Dawley Rats Reveals Loci for Anxiety-Like and Nociceptive Traits
      Chitre AS, Hebda-Bauer EK, Emery MA, Li F, Nguyen KM, Wang Y, Cheng R, Polesskaya O, Watson SJ, Li J, Akil H, Palmer AA. Genes Brain and Behavior, 2026 Jun 1; 25 (3): DOI:10.1111/gbb.70053
      PMID: 42145201
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      The Effects of Antidepressants on the Hippocampus: A Meta-Analysis of Public Transcriptional Profiling Data
      Geoghegan E, Hagenauer M, Hernandez E, Espinoza S, Flandreau E, Nguyen P, Bhuiyan M, Mensch S, Watson Jr S, Akil H, Hen R. 2025 Apr 29; DOI:10.1101/2025.04.21.648805
    • Journal Article
      Genetic Architecture of Addiction-Relevant Behaviors in Outbred Sprague-Dawley Rats Reveals Loci for Anxiety-Like and Nociceptive Traits.
      Chitre AS, Hebda-Bauer EK, Emery MA, Li F, Nguyen K-M, Wang Y, Cheng R, Polesskaya O, Watson SJ, Li J, Akil H, Palmer AA. bioRxiv, 2026 Feb 19; DOI:10.64898/2026.02.18.706481
      PMID: PMC12934780
    • Journal Article
      A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Chronic Stress on the Prefrontal Transcriptome in Animal Models and Convergence With Existing Human Data
      Xiong J, Hagenauer MH, Rhoads CA, Flandreau E, Rempel-Clower N, Hernandez E, Nguyen DM, Saffron A, Duan T, Watson S, Akil H. Brain and Behavior, 2026 Jan 1; 16 (1): DOI:10.1002/brb3.71197
      PMID: 41566898
    • Journal Article
      Correction: Bioenergetic-related gene expression in the hippocampus predicts internalizing vs. externalizing behavior in an animal model of temperament (Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, (2025), 18, (1469467), 10.3389/fnmol.2025.1469467)
      Hebda-Bauer EK, Hagenauer MH, Munro DB, Blandino P, Meng F, Arakawa K, Stead JDH, Chitre AS, Ozel AB, Mohammadi P, Watson SJ, Flagel SB, Li J, Palmer AA, Akil H. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2026 Jan 1; 19: DOI:10.3389/fnmol.2026.1784625
    • Preprint
      Significantly Improved Mouse and Rat Genome Annotation Using Sequence Read Archive RNA-seq Data
      Meng F, Turner D, Hagenauer M, Watson S, Akil H. 2026 May 19; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.03.06.709975

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