Stanley J. Watson

55.4k citations

435 papers · 38.2k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 105

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Biological Psychiatry top 0.02%

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 109
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 109
Biological Psychiatry 29
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 29

Co-authors: Huda Akil Alfred Mansour Henry Khachaturian James P. Herman Michael E. Lewis Robert C. Thompson William E. Cullinan Jack D. Barchas
Journals: Neuroscience (25 papers)The Journal of Comparative Neurology (21 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (21 papers)Biological Psychiatry (20 papers)Brain Research (20 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy Canada

In The Last Decade

Stanley J. Watson

428 papers receiving 37.3k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Regulation of Serotonin1A, Glucocorticoid, and Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Rat and Human Hippocampus: Implications for the Neurobiology of Depression 1998 · 559 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Biological Psychiatry
1995 Trends in Neurosciences
1995 Neuroscience
1994 The Journal of Comparative Neurology
1993 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1993 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1988 Trends in Neurosciences
1987 Trends in Neurosciences
1984 Annual Review of Neuroscience

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stanley J. Watson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Cell-type specific reductions in interneuron gene expression within the cingulate gyrus of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder subjects Schizophrenia ·David M. Krolewski, Huzefa Khalil, Maria Waselus, Marquis P. Vawter, Blynn G. Bunney, R Myers, F.S. Lee, Alan F. Schatzberg, William E. Bunney, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	2025	0
2	Resource: A curated database of brain-related functional gene sets (Brain.GMT) MethodsX ·Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Yusra Sannah, Elaine K. Hebda‐Bauer, C. P. Rhoads, Angela M. O’Connor, Elizabeth I. Flandreau, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil	2024	6
3	Allele-specific transcription factor binding across human brain regions offers mechanistic insight into eQTLs Genome Research ·Ashlyn G. Anderson, Belle A. Moyers, Jacob M. Loupe, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, Stephanie A. Felker, James M.J. Lawlor, William E. Bunney, Blynn G. Bunney, Preston Cartagena, Adolfo Sequeira, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Eric M. Mendenhall, Gregory M. Cooper, R Myers	2024	0
4	Multiomic profiling of transcription factor binding and function in human brain Nature Neuroscience ·Jacob M. Loupe, Ashlyn G. Anderson, Lindsay F. Rizzardi, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, Belle A. Moyers, Katie Trausch‐Lowther, Rashmi Jain, William E. Bunney, Blynn G. Bunney, Preston Cartagena, Adolfo Sequeira, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Gregory M. Cooper, R Myers	2024	5
5	Genome-wide association study in a rat model of temperament identifies multiple loci for exploratory locomotion and anxiety-like traits Frontiers in Genetics ·Apurva S. Chitre, Elaine K. Hebda‐Bauer, Peter Blandino, Hannah Bimschleger, Khai‐Minh Nguyen, Pamela M. Maras, Fei Li, Ayse Bilge Ozel, Yanchao Pan, Oksana Polesskaya, Riyan Cheng, Shelly B. Flagel, Stanley J. Watson, Jun Li, Huda Akil, Abraham A. Palmer	2023	8
6	Characterizing the behavioral and neuroendocrine features of susceptibility and resilience to social stress Neurobiology of Stress ·Dalia Murra, Kathryn L. Hilde, Anne Fitzpatrick, Pamela M. Maras, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil	2022	25
7	Electrophysiological evaluation of extracellular spermine and alkaline pH on synaptic human GABAA receptors Translational Psychiatry ·Agenor Limón, Elita Delbruck, Ahmed Yassine, Divya Pandya, R Myers, Jack D. Barchas, F. Lee, Schatzberg, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, W.E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter, Adolfo Sequeira	2019	9
8	Selectively Bred Rats Provide a Unique Model of Vulnerability to PTSD-Like Behavior and Respond Differentially to FGF2 Augmentation Early in Life Neuropsychopharmacology ·Katherine E. Prater, Elyse L. Aurbach, Hanna K Larcinese, Taylor N Smith, Cortney A. Turner, Peter Blandino, Stanley J. Watson, Stephen Maren, Huda Akil	2017	19
9	Evidence for alterations of the glial syncytial function in major depressive disorder Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Adriana Medina, Stanley J. Watson, William E. Bunney, R Myers, Alan F. Schatzberg, Jack D. Barchas, Huda Akil, Robert C. Thompson	2015	81
10	Variable telomere length across post-mortem human brain regions and specific reduction in the hippocampus of major depressive disorder Translational Psychiatry ·Firoza Mamdani, Brandi Rollins, Ling Morgan, R Myers, Jack D. Barchas, Alan F. Schatzberg, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Steven G. Potkin, William E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter, P. Adolfo Sequeira	2015	76
11	Evidence of allelic imbalance in the schizophrenia susceptibility gene ZNF804A in human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Schizophrenia Research ·Ilaria Guella, Adolfo Sequeira, Brandi Rollins, Ling Morgan, R Myers, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, William E. Bunney, Lynn E. DeLisi, William Byerley, Marquis P. Vawter	2013	28
12	Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor expression in the human hippocampus in major depressive disorder Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Adriana Medina, Audrey F. Seasholtz, Vikram Sharma, Sharon Burke, William E. Bunney, R Myers, Alan F. Schatzberg, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	2012	95
13	Mitochondrial involvement in psychiatric disorders Annals of Medicine ·Ling Shao, Maureen V. Martin, Stanley J. Watson, Alan F. Schatzberg, Huda Akil, R Myers, Edward G. Jones, William E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter	2008	247
14	Dysregulation of the fibroblast growth factor system in major depression Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Simon J. Evans, Prabhakara V. Choudary, Charles R. Neal, Jianan Li, Marquis P. Vawter, Hiroaki Tomita, Juan F. López, Robert C. Thompson, Fan Meng, John D. H. Stead, David Walsh, R Myers, William E. Bunney, Stanley J. Watson, Edward G. Jones, Huda Akil	2004	315
15	Spongiform Degeneration in mahoganoid Mutant Mice Science ·Lin He, Xin‐Yun Lu, Aaron Jolly, Adam G. Eldridge, Stanley J. Watson, Peter K. Jackson, Gregory S. Barsh, Teresa M. Gunn	2003	114
16	Biology of schizophrenia and affective disease Stanley J. Watson, Mental Disease. Meeting	1996	44
17	Fos expression in forebrain afferents to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus following swim stress The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·William E. Cullinan, Dana L. Helmreich, Stanley J. Watson	1996	157
18	κ1 Receptor mRNA Distribution in the Rat CNS: Comparison to κ Receptor Binding and Prodynorphin mRNA Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Alfred Mansour, Charles A. Fox, Fan Meng, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	1994	136
19	Characterization of Pro-Opiomelanocortin cDNA from the Old World Monkey, Macaca nemestrina DNA ·Paresh D. Patel, Thomas G. Sherman, Stanley J. Watson	1988	22
20	Investigating opioid peptides in schizophrenia and depression. PubMed ·Philip A. Berger, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Jack D. Barchas	1986	9

About Stanley J. Watson

Stanley J. Watson is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 435 papers that have together received 38.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (123 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (114 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (109 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (75 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (59 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (46 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (8.1k citations), Biological Psychiatry (3.0k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (19.6k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (7.0k citations) and Social Psychology (6.6k citations). Stanley J. Watson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Huda Akil, Alfred Mansour, Henry Khachaturian, James P. Herman, Michael E. Lewis, James P. Herman, Robert C. Thompson, William E. Cullinan, Jack D. Barchas and Charles A. Fox. Their work appears in journals such as Neuroscience, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biological Psychiatry and Brain Research.

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