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Christopher W. Cowan

CW

53

Publications

5.2K

Citations

33

H-Index

1997

Active since

Affiliations

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center(Current)

Medical University of South Carolina

Harvard University

Baylor College of Medicine

McLean Hospital

Christopher W. Cowan is an author at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center specializing in medicine, neuroscience, and social sciences.

Top concepts

MedicineNeuroscienceSocial SciencesSignal TransductionCell BiologyCell SignalingNeuropharmacologyAddictionMolecular NeuroscienceSynaptic Plasticity

Publications per year

1997–2024

53

Publications

53

Activity-Dependent Regulation of MEF2 Transcription Factors Suppresses Excitatory Synapse Number

Steven W. Flavell, Christopher W. Cowan, Tae-Kyung Kim et al. · Science · 2006 · 581 citations

Excitatory Synapse Number, Synaptic Transmission, Restrict Synapse Number +21

RGS9, a GTPase Accelerator for Phototransduction

Wei He, Christopher W. Cowan, Theodore G. Wensel · Neuron · 1998 · 381 citations · Full text

Photochemistry, Mechanistic Photochemistry, Molecular Biology +3

Multiple Autism-Linked Genes Mediate Synapse Elimination via Proteasomal Degradation of a Synaptic Scaffold PSD-95

Nien‐Pei Tsai, Julia R. Wilkerson, Weirui Guo et al. · Cell · 2012 · 291 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Proteasomal Degradation, Molecular Neuroscience +12

CREB Transcriptional Activity in Neurons Is Regulated by Multiple, Calcium-Specific Phosphorylation Events

Jon M. Kornhauser, Christopher W. Cowan, Adam J. Shaywitz et al. · Neuron · 2002 · 290 citations · Full text

Transcriptional Regulation, Molecular Neuroscience, Signal Transduction +13

Cocaine Regulates MEF2 to Control Synaptic and Behavioral Plasticity

Suprabha Pulipparacharuvil, William Renthal, Carly F. Hale et al. · Neuron · 2008 · 282 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Neurobiological Mechanism, Molecular Neuroscience +11

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