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Geert M.J. Ramakers

Geert M.J. Ramakers

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
5629
World Ranking
9163
National Ranking
250

Overview

Geert M.J. Ramakers is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Geert M.J. Ramakers has contributed to multiple publications, frequently collaborating with co-authors such as Roger A.H. Adan, A. Maryse Minnaard, Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren, Heidi M. B. Lesscher, and Johanna A. S. Smeets.

The scientist's research has appeared consistently in several publication venues, notably:

  • Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Behavioural Pharmacology

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Cue and Reward Evoked Dopamine Activity Is Necessary for Maintaining Learned Pavlovian Associations" (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "On the interrelation between alcohol addiction-like behaviors in rats" (2022, Psychopharmacology)
  • "Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake" (2020, Behavioural Pharmacology)
  • "Increased elasticity of sucrose demand during hyperdopaminergic states in rats" (2022, Psychopharmacology)
  • "Seeking under threat of adversity: assessing control over reward pursuit in rats" (2024, Psychopharmacology)

The work is positioned at the intersection of experimental neuroscience and pharmacology, addressing mechanisms of receptor signaling and their influence on behaviors related to addiction, reward, and psychiatric conditions. This aligns with their focus on substance use disorders, alcohol consumption, and compulsive behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Physiology of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain.

    Janna Marie Hoogendam;Geert M.J. Ramakers;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

  • Insulin signaling in the central nervous system: learning to survive.

    Lars P. van der Heide;Geert M.J. Ramakers;Marten P. Smidt

  • Place learning and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

    Biessels Gj;Kamal A;Ramakers Gm;Urban Ij

  • Insulin modulates hippocampal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in a N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor and phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase-dependent manner.

    Lars P. Van Der Heide;Amer Kamal;Alain Artola;Willem Hendrik Gispen

  • Absence of Ret signaling in mice causes progressive and late degeneration of the nigrostriatal system.

    Edgar R Kramer;Liviu Aron;Geert M. J Ramakers;Sabine Seitz

  • A postsynaptic transient K+ current modulated by arachidonic acid regulates synaptic integration and threshold for LTP induction in hippocampal pyramidal cells

    Geert M. J. Ramakers;Johan F. Storm

  • Effects of streptozotocin‐diabetes on the hippocampal NMDA receptor complex in rats

    F. Gardoni;A. Kamal;C. Bellone;G. J. Biessels

  • Slow progressive degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons in postnatal Engrailed mutant mice.

    Paola Sgadò;Lavinia Albéri;Daniel Gherbassi;Sherri L. Galasso

  • Neonatal exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 reduces long-term potentiation and postsynaptic protein levels in mouse hippocampus.

    Milou M.L. Dingemans;Geert M.J. Ramakers;Fabrizio Gardoni;Regina G.D.M. van Kleef

  • Diabetes mellitus concomitantly facilitates the induction of long‐term depression and inhibits that of long‐term potentiation in hippocampus

    A. Artola;A. Kamal;G. M. J. Ramakers;G. J. Biessels

  • Temporal differences in the phosphorylation state of pre- and postsynaptic protein kinase C substrates B-50/GAP-43 and neurogranin during long term potentiation

    Geert M.J. Ramakers;Pierre N.E. De Graan;Ivan J.A. Urban;Dick Kraay

  • Long-term potentiation and synaptic protein phosphorylation

    P. Pasinelli;G.M.J. Ramakers;I.J.A. Urban;J.J.H. Hens

  • Synaptic transmission changes in the pyramidal cells of the hippocampus in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in rats.

    Amer Kamal;Geert-Jan Biessels;Willem Hendrik Gispen;Geert M.J. Ramakers

  • Protein kinase C in synaptic plasticity: changes in the in situ phosphorylation state of identified pre- and postsynaptic substrates

    Geert M.J. Ramakers;Piera Pasinelli;Jacques J.H. Hens;Willem Hendrik Gispen

  • Neutral antagonism at the cannabinoid 1 receptor: a safer treatment for obesity

    F J Meye;V Trezza;L J M J Vanderschuren;G M J Ramakers

  • Social isolation stress reduces hippocampal long-term potentiation: effect of animal strain and involvement of glucocorticoid receptors.

    A. Kamal;G.M.J. Ramakers;B. Altinbilek;M.J.H. Kas

  • Differential changes in the phosphorylation of the protein kinase C substrates myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate and growth-associated protein-43/B-50 following Schaffer collateral long-term potentiation and long-term depression.

    G. M. J. Ramakers;R. K. Mcnamara;R. H. Lenox;P. N. E. De Graan

  • Modulation of cue-induced firing of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons by leptin and ghrelin

    G van der Plasse;R van Zessen;M C M Luijendijk;H Erkan

  • Increased GABAergic input to ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons associated with decreased cocaine reinforcement in μ-opioid receptor knockout mice

    D.S. Mathon;H.M.B. Lesscher;M.A.F.M. Gerrits;A. Kamal

  • Hyperinsulinemia in rats causes impairment of spatial memory and learning with defects in hippocampal synaptic plasticity by involvement of postsynaptic mechanisms.

    Amer Kamal;Amer Kamal;Geert M. J. Ramakers;Willem Hendrik Gispen;Geert Jan Biessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Marten P. Smidt
Marten P. Smidt University of Amsterdam
W.H. Gispen
W.H. Gispen Utrecht University
Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University
Fabrizio Gardoni
Fabrizio Gardoni University of Milan
John E. Pintar
John E. Pintar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martien J H Kas
Martien J H Kas University of Groningen
Garret D. Stuber
Garret D. Stuber University of Washington
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli"
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli" The University of Texas at Austin
Flaminio Cattabeni
Flaminio Cattabeni University of Milan
Edwin Cuppen
Edwin Cuppen Utrecht University

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