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Overview

Jakob Korf is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the paper titled Best of the best: A cohort study of race performance characteristics of eminent endurance cyclists, published in 2025 in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.

Korf's research topics span several key areas within sports science and medicine, including:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Sports Injuries and Prevention
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Kathryn Johnston
  • Y. Wang
  • Joseph Baker

Their work has appeared chiefly in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, marking their main publication venue.

Best Publications

  • Lateral flow (immuno)assay: its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A literature survey.

    Geertruida A. Posthuma-Trumpie;Jakob Korf;Aart van Amerongen

  • DOPAMINE AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

    BenH.C. Westerink;Jakob Korf

  • NORADRENERGIC NEURONS - MORPHINE-INHIBITION OF SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY

    Jakob Korf;Benjamin S. Bunney;George K. Aghajanian

  • Lymphocytes as a neural probe: potential for studying psychiatric disorders.

    Anatoliy Gladkevich;Henk F Kauffman;Jakob Korf

  • Stimulation and destruction of the locus coeruleus: Opposite effects on 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol sulfate levels in the rat cerebral cortex

    Jakob Korf;George K. Aghajanian;Robert H. Roth

  • 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of depressive patients treated with probenecid.

    H. M. Van Praag;J. Korf;J. Puite

  • Dopamine release in substantia nigra

    Jakob Korf;Marrie Zieleman;Ben H. C. Westerink

  • Regional rat brain levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid: concurrent fluorometric measurement and influence of drugs

    Ben H.C. Westerink;Jakob Korf

  • Endogenous depressions with and without disturbances in the 5-hydroxytryptamine metabolism: A biochemical classification?

    H. M. van Praag;J. Korf

  • β-Amyloid neurotoxicity is mediated by a glutamate-triggered excitotoxic cascade in rat nucleus basalis

    T. Harkany;I. Ábrahám;W. Timmerman;G. Laskay

  • PET visualization of microglia in multiple sclerosis patients using [11C]PK11195.

    JC Debruyne;J Versijpt;KJ Van Laere;F De Vos

  • Cerebral monoamines and depression. An investigation with the Probenecid technique.

    Hm Vanpraag;J Korf

  • Psychobiological characteristics of dissociative identity disorder: a symptom provocation study.

    A.A.T. Simone Reinders;Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis;Jacqueline Quak;Jakob Korf

  • RAPID CONCURRENT AUTOMATED FLUORIMETRIC ASSAY OF NORADRENALINE, DOPAMINE, 3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID, HOMOVANILLIC-ACID AND 3-METHOXYTYRAMINE IN MILLIGRAM AMOUNTS OF NERVOUS-TISSUE AFTER ISOLATION ON SEPHADEX G10

    Ben Westerink;Jakob Korf

  • Turnover of acid dopamine metabolites in striatal and mesolimbic tissue of the rat brain.

    Ben H.C. Westerink;Jakob Korf

  • Anxiety, cortisol, and attachment predict plasma oxytocin

    Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jakob Korf;Albertus A. Wijers

  • Convergent genetic modulation of the endocrine stress response involves polymorphic variations of 5-HTT, COMT and MAOA

    M. Jabbi;Jakob Korf;Ido Kema;Catharina Hartman

  • Fluorimetric determination of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in human urine and cerebrospinal fluid.

    Jakob Korf;Trijntje Valkenburgh-Sikkema

  • Neuroanatomy of cardiac activity-regulating circuitry: A transneuronal retrograde viral labelling study in the rat

    GJ TerHorst;Rwm Hautvast;Mjl DeJongste;J Korf

  • Dopamine metabolism in depressions, psychoses, and Parkinson's disease: the problem of the specificity of biological variables in behaviour disorders.

    Hm Vanpraag;Jakob Korf;Jpwf Lakke;T Schut

Frequent Co-Authors

Mattie Tops
Mattie Tops Leiden University
Rudi Dierckx
Rudi Dierckx University Medical Center Groningen
Johan A. den Boer
Johan A. den Boer University Medical Center Groningen
Albertus A. Wijers
Albertus A. Wijers University of Groningen
Dick Jaarsma
Dick Jaarsma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Luigi Aloe
Luigi Aloe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Peter de Jonge
Peter de Jonge University of Groningen
Paul G.M. Luiten
Paul G.M. Luiten University of Groningen
Pgm Luiten
Pgm Luiten University of Groningen
Pieter J. Hoekstra
Pieter J. Hoekstra University Medical Center Groningen

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