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Philip J. Cowen is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions in Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psychopharmacology

Philip J. Cowen has contributed as author or coauthor to a number of recent papers, notably:

  • "Comparative effects of pharmacological interventions for the acute and long-term management of insomnia disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis" (2022) published in The Lancet
  • "Trends and variation in antidepressant prescribing in English primary care: a retrospective longitudinal study" (2021) published in BJGP Open
  • "A Delphi-method-based consensus guideline for definition of treatment-resistant depression for clinical trials" (2021) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Whole-blood expression of inflammasome- and glucocorticoid-related mRNAs correctly separates treatment-resistant depressed patients from drug-free and responsive patients in the BIODEP study" (2020) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Risk of Depression in the Adolescent and Adult Offspring of Mothers With Perinatal Depression" (2020) published in JAMA Network Open

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Catherine J. Harmer
  • Carmine M. Pariante
  • Susannah E. Murphy
  • Edward T. Bullmore
  • Jonathan Cavanagh

Best Publications

  • Brain serotonin1A receptor binding measured by positron emission tomography with [11C]WAY-100635: effects of depression and antidepressant treatment

    Peter A. Sargent;Karen Husted Kjaer;Christopher J. Bench;Eugenii A. Rabiner

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

    Anthony Cleare;Carmine Pariante;Allan Young;I M Anderson

  • Increased positive versus negative affective perception and memory in healthy volunteers following selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibition.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Nicholas C. Shelley;Philip J. Cowen;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Direct radioimmunoassay for melatonin in plasma.

    S Fraser;P Cowen;M Franklin;C Franey

  • Why do antidepressants take so long to work? A cognitive neuropsychological model of antidepressant drug action

    Catherine J. Harmer;Guy M. Goodwin;Philip J. Cowen

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

    IM Anderson;IN Ferrier;RC Baldwin;PJ Cowen

  • Prebiotic intake reduces the waking cortisol response and alters emotional bias in healthy volunteers

    Kristin Schmidt;Philip J. Cowen;Catherine J. Harmer;George Tzortzis

  • Effect of Acute Antidepressant Administration on Negative Affective Bias in Depressed Patients

    Catherine J Harmer;Ursula O'Sullivan;Elisa Favaron;Rachel Massey-Chase

  • How do antidepressants work? New perspectives for refining future treatment approaches

    Catherine J Harmer;Ronald S Duman;Philip J Cowen

  • Relapse of depression after rapid depletion of tryptophan.

    KA Smith;CG Fairburn;PJ Cowen

  • Shorter Oxford textbook of psychiatry

    Philip Cowen;Paul Harrison;Tom Burns

  • Antidepressant drug treatment modifies the neural processing of nonconscious threat cues.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Clare E. Mackay;Catriona B. Reid;Philip J. Cowen

  • Acute SSRI administration affects the processing of social cues in healthy volunteers.

    C J Harmer;Z Bhagwagar;D I Perrett;B A Völlm

  • Diminished Neural Processing of Aversive and Rewarding Stimuli During Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment

    Ciara McCabe;Zevic Mishor;Philip J. Cowen;Catherine J. Harmer

  • Tryptophan depletion in normal volunteers produces selective impairments in learning and memory.

    S.B. Park;J.T. Coull;R.H. McShane;A.H. Young

  • What has serotonin to do with depression

    Philip J. Cowen;Michael Browning

  • Covariation of activity in habenula and dorsal raphé nuclei following tryptophan depletion.

    J. S. Morris;K. A. Smith;P. J. Cowen;K. J. Friston

  • Increased salivary cortisol after waking in depression

    Zubin Bhagwagar;Sepehr Hafizi;Philip J. Cowen

  • Reduction in Occipital Cortex γ-Aminobutyric Acid Concentrations in Medication-Free Recovered Unipolar Depressed and Bipolar Subjects

    Zubin Bhagwagar;Marzena Wylezinska;Peter Jezzard;John Evans;John Evans

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine J. Harmer
Catherine J. Harmer University of Oxford
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Ray Norbury
Ray Norbury Brunel University London
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Ian M. Anderson
Ian M. Anderson University of Manchester
Tom Burns
Tom Burns University of Oxford
Eugenii A. Rabiner
Eugenii A. Rabiner King's College London
Michael Browning
Michael Browning University of Oxford
Christopher G. Fairburn
Christopher G. Fairburn University of Oxford

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