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Arjan Blokland publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arjan Blokland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 327 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Arjan Blokland D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arjan Blokland sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 85 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Arjan Blokland is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines with primary fields including Neuroscience and Medicine. Within these areas, their work has a strong focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Memory Processes and Influences, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Phosphodiesterase Function and Regulation, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Among recent scientific papers featuring their contributions are:

  • The continued need for animals to advance brain research, 2021, Neuron
  • Hazy memories in the courtroom: A review of alcohol and other drug effects on false memory and suggestibility, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research, 2020, Current Biology
  • Sex Differences between Neuronal Loss and the Early Onset of Amyloid Deposits and Behavioral Consequences in 5xFAD Transgenic Mouse as a Model for Alzheimer's Disease, 2023, Cells

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jos Prickaerts (14 joint publications)
  • Nina Possemis (9 joint publications)
  • Anke Sambeth (9 joint publications)
  • Johannes G. Ramaekers (6 joint publications)
  • Frans R.J. Verhey (6 joint publications)

Publications are often found in journals such as:

  • Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (5 publications)
  • Cells (3 publications)
  • Current Biology (2 publications)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology (2 publications)
  • Behavioural Brain Research (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Modeling Parkinson's disease in rats: an evaluation of 6-OHDA lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway.

    Ronald Deumens;Arjan Blokland;Jos Prickaerts

  • Acetylcholine : a neurotransmitter for learning and memory ?

    Arjan Blokland

  • The validity of scopolamine as a pharmacological model for cognitive impairment: A review of animal behavioral studies

    Inge Klinkenberg;Arjan Blokland

  • The functional role of the subthalamic nucleus in cognitive and limbic circuits.

    Yasin Temel;Arjan Blokland;Harry W.M. Steinbusch;Veerle Visser-Vandewalle

  • THE EFFECTS OF LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES ON LONGITUDINAL TRAJECTORIES OF OFFENDING

    Arjan A.J. Blokland;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Serotonergic vulnerability and depression: assumptions, experimental evidence and implications.

    L A W Jans;W J Riedel;C R Markus;A Blokland

  • Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 2 increases neuronal cGMP, synaptic plasticity and memory performance.

    Frank G. Boess;Martin Hendrix;Franz-Josef van der Staay;Christina Erb

  • Acetylcholine and attention.

    Inge Klinkenberg;Anke Sambeth;Arjan Blokland

  • Trajectories of delinquency and parenting styles

    Machteld Hoeve;Arjan Blokland;Judith Semon Dubas;Rolf Loeber

  • Behavioural, histochemical and biochemical consequences of selective immunolesions in discrete regions of the basal forebrain cholinergic system

    E. M. Torres;T. A. Perry;A. Blokland;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson

  • LIFE SPAN OFFENDING TRAJECTORIES OF A DUTCH CONVICTION COHORT

    Arjan A.J. Blokland;Daniel Nagin;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors: a promising target for cognition enhancement

    Olga A. H. Reneerkens;Olga A. H. Reneerkens;Kris Rutten;Kris Rutten;Harry W. M. Steinbusch;Harry W. M. Steinbusch;Arjan Blokland

  • About the Distinction between Working Memory and Short-Term Memory

    Bart Aben;Sven Stapert;Arjan Blokland

  • Effects of two selective phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, sildenafil and vardenafil, on object recognition memory and hippocampal cyclic GMP levels in the rat

    J Prickaerts;W.C.G van Staveren;A Şik;M Markerink-van Ittersum

  • Mitochondria and Synaptic Plasticity in the Mature and Aging Nervous System.

    Vyara Todorova;Arjan Blokland

  • Performance of different mouse strains in an object recognition task

    Ayhan Şık;Petra van Nieuwehuyzen;Jos Prickaerts;Arjan Blokland

  • Effects of the cognition impairer MK-801 on learning and memory in mice and rats.

    F. Josef van der Staay;Kris Rutten;Christina Erb;Arjan Blokland

  • Inhibition of 5-HT neuron activity and induction of depressive-like behavior by high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus.

    Yasin Temel;Laura J. Boothman;Arjan Blokland;Peter J. Magill

  • The novel selective PDE9 inhibitor BAY 73-6691 improves learning and memory in rodents.

    F. Josef van der Staay;Kris Rutten;Lars Bärfacker;Jean DeVry

  • Improving memory: a role for phosphodiesterases.

    Arjan Blokland;Rudy Schreiber;Jos Prickaerts

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry W.M. Steinbusch
Harry W.M. Steinbusch Maastricht University
Yasin Temel
Yasin Temel Maastricht University
Paul Nieuwbeerta
Paul Nieuwbeerta Leiden University
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle University of Cologne
Christoph Schmitz
Christoph Schmitz Maastricht University
Johannes G. Ramaekers
Johannes G. Ramaekers Maastricht University
Wim J. Riedel
Wim J. Riedel Maastricht University
Koen Schruers
Koen Schruers Maastricht University
Patrick Lussier
Patrick Lussier Université Laval

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