Sabine Spijker

Sabine Spijker is a Dutch neuroscientist who is a full professor and team leader at the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (MCN) department of the Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR) at the VU University Amsterdam.

Spijker's research group, Animal Models of Psychiatric Disease, focuses on how neuropsychiatric ailments, such as depression, addiction, and impulsivity, affect cognition.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Animal Models of Psychiatric Disease | MCN". mcn.cncr.nl. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. ^ "Sabine Spijker | MCN". mcn.cncr.nl. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. ^ Riga, Danai; Schmitz, Leanne J. M.; van Mourik, Yvar; Hoogendijk, Witte J. G.; De Vries, Taco J.; Smit, August B.; Spijker, Sabine (2020). "Stress vulnerability promotes an alcohol-prone phenotype in a preclinical model of sustained depression". Addiction Biology. 25 (1): e12701. doi:10.1111/adb.12701. ISSN 1369-1600. PMC 6916303. PMID 30561063.
  4. ^ Riga, Danai; Kramvis, Ioannis; Koskinen, Maija K.; van Bokhoven, Pieter; van der Harst, Johanneke E.; Heistek, Tim S.; Jaap Timmerman, A.; van Nierop, Pim; van der Schors, Roel C. (2017-12-20). "Hippocampal extracellular matrix alterations contribute to cognitive impairment associated with a chronic depressive-like state in rats". Science Translational Medicine. 9 (421): eaai8753. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aai8753. hdl:1871.1/f1de37d8-ebf9-49f6-8859-49cf2d596a88. ISSN 1946-6242. PMID 29263233.
  5. ^ Riga, D.; Schmitz, L. J. M.; Hoogendijk, W. J. G.; Smit, A. B.; Spijker, S. (August 17, 2017). "Temporal profiling of depression vulnerability in a preclinical model of sustained depression". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 8570. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.8570R. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06984-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5561121. PMID 28819243.
  6. ^ Riga, Danai; Theijs, J. Trisna; De Vries, Taco J.; Smit, August B.; Spijker, Sabine (2015). "Social defeat-induced anhedonia: effects on operant sucrose-seeking behavior". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9: 195. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00195. ISSN 1662-5153. PMC 4528167. PMID 26300748.