Stanley J. Watson Jr. is a

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whose research focuses on regulation by the

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of behavior in the brains of individuals with severe mental illness. He is the co-director of the

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with

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and the

Ralph Waldo Gerard Ralph Waldo Gerard (7 October 1900 – 17 February 1974) was an American neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological basis of schizophrenia.O ...

Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. He is also the co-director of the

node of the

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. He is an original member of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers database and ranks as one of the most highly cited neuroscientists in the world by the

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. He is also a member of the

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(IOM) of the

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and served as a principal investigator for the study on which a 1999 IOM report on

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was based.

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Stanley J. Watson
at MBNI
Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium websiteMarijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base
on The National Academies Press website {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Stanley American neuroscientists University of Michigan faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the National Academy of Medicine