Christopher W. Cowan

Medical University of South Carolina — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

35h-index5.8kcitations99works6.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(35), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(25), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders(19), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(16), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling(13)

Publications99 total

Targeting G9a decreases escalated alcohol drinking in male mice in a model of combined stress and chronic alcohol exposure
Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research·2025Open Access
Histone Deacetylase 5 in Prelimbic Prefrontal Cortex Limits Context-Associated Cocaine Seeking
Biological Psychiatry·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Heroin Regulates the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Auxiliary Subunit, SCN1b, to Modulate Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Intrinsic Excitability and Cue-Induced Heroin Seeking
eNeuro·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Epigenetic Control of an Auxiliary Subunit of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels Regulates the Strength of Drug-Cue Associations and Relapse-Like Cocaine Seeking
Biological Psychiatry·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
NPAS4 ENHANCER RNA FORMS DNA:RNA HYBRID R-LOOP TO CONTROL REWARD-RELATED BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION THROUGH ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·2025Open Access
NPAS4-Expressing Ensemble in the Nucleus Accumbens Facilitates Drug-Related Behavior
Drug and Alcohol Dependence·2025
A long noncoding eRNA forms R-loops to shape emotional experience–induced behavioral adaptation
Science·2024· 25 citedOpen Access
Histone deacetylase 5 in prelimbic prefrontal cortex limits context-associated cocaine seeking
2024Open Access
NPAS4 supports cocaine-conditioned cues in rodents by controlling the cell type-specific activation balance in the nucleus accumbens
Nature Communications·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
The activity‐regulated cytoskeleton‐associated protein (Arc) functions in a cell type‐ and sex‐specific manner in the adult nucleus accumbens to regulate non‐contingent cocaine behaviors
Genes Brain & Behavior·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: MEF2C regulates NK cell effector functions through control of lipid metabolism
Nature Immunology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
MEF2C regulates NK cell effector functions through control of lipid metabolism
Nature Immunology·2024· 30 citedOpen Access
EphB1 controls long-range cortical axon guidance through a cell non-autonomous role in GABAergic cells
Development·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
MEF2C Hypofunction in GABAergic Cells Alters Sociability and Prefrontal Cortex Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in a Sex-Dependent Manner
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
The activity‐regulated cytoskeleton‐associated protein, Arc, functions in the nucleus accumbens shell to limit multiple triggers of cocaine‐seeking behaviour
Addiction Biology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
The histone methyltransferase G9a regulates stress-potentiated ethanol drinking
Alcohol·2023Open Access
Epigenetic function during heroin self-administration controls future relapse-associated behavior in a cell type-specific manner
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat stress-induced anhedonia-like behavior and reductions in excitatory synapses
eLife·2023· 28 citedOpen Access
Author response: NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat stress-induced anhedonia-like behavior and reductions in excitatory synapses
2022Open Access
Peripheral Auditory Nerve Impairment in a Mouse Model of Syndromic Autism
Journal of Neuroscience·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Makoto Taniguchi(11), Theodore G. Wensel(9), Michael E. Greenberg(7), Laura N. Smith(6), Kimberly M. Huber(5), Brandon W. Hughes(5), Rachel D. Penrod(5), Michael A. Robichaux(5), Eric C. Griffith(4), Carly F. Hale(4), Eric J. Nestler(4), Adam J. Harrington(4), Stefano Berto(4), Jaswinder Kumar(4), Ahlem Assali(4), Michael D. Scofield(4), Ethan M. Anderson(4), Paul L. Greer(3), Linda Hu(3), Wei He(3)