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Howard M. Cooper is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Biological Psychiatry.

Cooper's work covers a range of topics including nerve injury and regeneration, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, genomics and chromatin dynamics, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, RNA research and splicing, as well as neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

They have authored several papers notable for both their multidisciplinary approach and coverage of neurological and genetic subjects. Recent publications include:

  • Induced Cognitive Impairments Reversed by Grafts of Neural Precursors: A Longitudinal Study in a Macaque Model of Parkinson's Disease (2022) published in Advanced Science
  • Genome-wide Allele-Specific Expression in Multi-Tissue Samples from Healthy Male Baboons Reveals the Transcriptional Complexity of Mammals (2025) published in Cell Genomics
  • Astroglia in Lateral Habenula Is Essential for Antidepressant Efficacy of Light (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neural Stem Cells Restore Cognitive Function in Parkinsonian Macaques (2021) published in Research Square (Research Square)

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Florence Wianny, Kwamivi Dzahini, Karim Fifel, Charles Wilson, and Agnieszka Bernat, each appearing multiple times as coauthors on various papers.

Their research has appeared across several venues known for neuroscience and genomic studies including:

  • Advanced Science
  • Cell Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

    Robert J. Lucas;Stuart N. Peirson;David M. Berson;Timothy M. Brown

  • Diurnal transcriptome atlas of a primate across major neural and peripheral tissues

    Ludovic S. Mure;Hiep D. Le;Giorgia Benegiamo;Max W. Chang;Max W. Chang

  • Visual system of a naturally microphthalmic mammal: The blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi

    Howard M. Cooper;Marc Herbin;Eviatar Nevo

  • Ocular regression conceals adaptive progression of the visual system in a blind subterranean mammal.

    Howard M. Cooper;Marc Herbin;Eviatar Nevo

  • Phylogenetic relations between microbats, megabats and primates (Mammalia: Chiroptera and Primates).

    J. D. Pettigrew;B. G. M. Jamieson;S. K. Robson;L. S. Hall

  • Melanopsin-dependent nonvisual responses: evidence for photopigment bistability in vivo.

    Ludovic S. Mure;Camille Rieux;Samer Hattar;Howard M. Cooper;Howard M. Cooper;Howard M. Cooper

  • Melanopsin bistability: a fly's eye technology in the human retina.

    Ludovic S. Mure;Pierre-Loic Cornut;Pierre-Loic Cornut;Camille Rieux;Camille Rieux;Elise Drouyer;Elise Drouyer

  • Retinal projections in mice with inherited retinal degeneration: Implications for circadian photoentrainment

    Ignacio Provencio;Howard M. Cooper;Russell G. Foster;Russell G. Foster

  • An inexpensive Arduino-based LED stimulator system for vision research.

    Petteri Teikari;Raymond P. Najjar;Raymond P. Najjar;Hemi Malkki;Kenneth Knoblauch;Kenneth Knoblauch

  • Modeling the role of mid-wavelength cones in circadian responses to light.

    Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Claude Gronfier;Claude Gronfier;Wena De Vanssay;Wena De Vanssay;Frederic Flamant

  • Inferior retinal light exposure is more effective than superior retinal exposure in suppressing melatonin in humans

    Gena Glickman;John P. Hanifin;Mark D. Rollag;Jenny Wang

  • Glaucoma alters the circadian timing system.

    Elise Drouyer;Elise Drouyer;Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Christophe Chiquet;Christophe Chiquet;Elizabeth WoldeMussie

  • Aging of non-visual spectral sensitivity to light in humans: compensatory mechanisms?

    Raymond P. Najjar;Christophe Chiquet;Petteri Teikari;Petteri Teikari;Pierre-Loïc Cornut

  • Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in solitary and social species of African mole-rats (family: Bathyergidae).

    Maria K. Oosthuizen;Howard M. Cooper;Nigel C. Bennett

  • Photic memory for executive brain responses

    Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa;Julien Q. M. Ly;Christelle Meyer;Evelyne Balteau

  • The absence of melanopsin alters retinal clock function and dopamine regulation by light

    Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Christine Coutanson;Christine Coutanson;Kenneth Knoblauch;Kenneth Knoblauch;Hasna Lahouaoui;Hasna Lahouaoui

  • Responses of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons to light and dark adaptation: Relative contributions of melanopsin and rod-cone inputs

    Elise Drouyer;Elise Drouyer;Camille Rieux;Camille Rieux;Roelof A. Hut;Roelof A. Hut;Howard M. Cooper;Howard M. Cooper

  • Effects of Irradiance and Stimulus Duration on Early Gene Expression (Fos) in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Temporal Summation and Reciprocity

    Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Bruno Sicard;Howard Cooper

  • Short and mid-wavelength cone distribution in a nocturnal Strepsirrhine primate (Microcebus murinus)

    Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya;Agoston Szel;Willem J. Degrip;Howard M. Cooper

  • Neuroanatomical pathways linking vision and olfaction in mammals

    H.M. Cooper;F. Parvopassu;M. Herbin;M. Magnin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Kenneth Knoblauch
Kenneth Knoblauch Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Michel Magnin
Michel Magnin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Emmanuel Procyk
Emmanuel Procyk Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier University of Montreal
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton
Nasser Haddjeri
Nasser Haddjeri Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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