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Matthijs Verhage is a researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Neuroscience. They have contributed to 130 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 48 in Neuroscience, specializing further in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Cellular transport and secretion, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Retinal Development and Disorders, RNA regulation and disease, and Connexins and lens biology.

Matthijs Verhage's recent papers include:

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors, 2020, Neuron
  • Stitching the synapse: Cross-linking mass spectrometry into resolving synaptic protein interactions, 2020, Science Advances
  • SNAREopathies: Diversity in Mechanisms and Symptoms, 2020, Neuron
  • Assessing the landscape of STXBP1-related disorders in 534 individuals, 2021, Brain
  • Loss of mouse Stmn2 function causes motor neuropathy, 2022, Neuron

Throughout their career, Matthijs Verhage has published in various venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 14 publications
  • eLife, 12 publications
  • Neuron, 5 publications
  • UNC Libraries, 5 publications
  • Scientific Reports, 4 publications

The researcher frequently collaborates with multiple co-authors, including Ruud F. Toonen, Jan R.T. van Weering, August B. Smit, Marieke Meijer, and L. Niels Cornelisse. These collaborations reflect an engaged network in the molecular biology and neuroscience communities.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Synaptic Assembly of the Brain in the Absence of Neurotransmitter Secretion

    M Verhage;A S Maia;J J Plomp;A B Brussaard

  • SynGO : An Evidence-Based, Expert-Curated Knowledge Base for the Synapse

    Frank Koopmans;Pim van Nierop;Maria Andres-Alonso;Andrea Byrnes

  • A solution to dependency: using multilevel analysis to accommodate nested data

    Emmeke Aarts;Matthijs Verhage;Jesse V Veenvliet;Conor V Dolan

  • Munc18-1 promotes large dense-core vesicle docking.

    Thomas Voets;Ruud F. Toonen;Elisabeth C. Brian;Heidi de Wit

  • Genome-wide association for major depressive disorder: a possible role for the presynaptic protein piccolo

    P.F. Sullivan;E.J.C. de Geus;G. Willemsen;M.R. James

  • Differential release of amino acids, neuropeptides, and catecholamines from isolated nerve terminals.

    Matthijs Verhage;Harvey T. McMahon;Wim E.J.M. Ghijsen;Frans. Boomsma

  • Tetanus toxin and botulinum toxins type A and B inhibit glutamate, gamma-aminobutyric acid, aspartate, and met-enkephalin release from synaptosomes. Clues to the locus of action.

    H.T. McMahon;P Foran;J.O. Dolly;M Verhage

  • Doc2b Is a High-Affinity Ca2+ Sensor for Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release

    Alexander J. Groffen;Sascha Martens;Rocío Díez Arazola;L. Niels Cornelisse

  • Quantifying exosome secretion from single cells reveals a modulatory role for GPCR signaling

    Frederik Johannes Verweij;Frederik Johannes Verweij;Frederik Johannes Verweij;Maarten P. Bebelman;Maarten P. Bebelman;Connie R. Jimenez;Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo

  • Vesicle trafficking: pleasure and pain from SM genes.

    Ruud F.G. Toonen;Matthijs Verhage

  • Conformational Switch of Syntaxin-1 Controls Synaptic Vesicle Fusion

    Stefan H. Gerber;Jong Cheol Rah;Jong Cheol Rah;Sang Won Min;Xinran Liu

  • Fast vesicle fusion in living cells requires at least three SNARE complexes.

    Ralf Mohrmann;Ralf Mohrmann;Heidi de Wit;Matthijs Verhage;Erwin Neher

  • Synaptotagmin-1 Docks Secretory Vesicles to Syntaxin-1/SNAP-25 Acceptor Complexes

    Heidi de Wit;Alexander M. Walter;Ira Milosevic;Attila Gulyás-Kovács

  • Interdependence of PKC-Dependent and PKC-Independent Pathways for Presynaptic Plasticity

    Keimpe D.B. Wierda;Ruud F.G. Toonen;Heidi de Wit;Arjen B. Brussaard

  • Vesicle Docking in Regulated Exocytosis

    Matthijs Verhage;Jakob B. Sørensen

  • Automated analysis of neuronal morphology, synapse number and synaptic recruitment

    Sabine K Schmitz;J J Johannes Hjorth;Raoul M S Joemai;Rick Wijntjes

  • DOC2 Proteins in Rat Brain: Complementary Distribution and Proposed Function as Vesicular Adapter Proteins in Early Stages of Secretion

    Matthijs Verhage;Matthijs Verhage;Klaas Jan de Vries;Hilde Røshol;J.Peter H. Burbach

  • Munc18-1 in secretion: lonely Munc joins SNARE team and takes control

    Ruud F.G. Toonen;Matthijs Verhage

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.

    Y. Liu;D. H. Blackwood;S. Caesar;E. J.C. De Geus

Frequent Co-Authors

August B. Smit
August B. Smit Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ka Wan Li
Ka Wan Li Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School
Menachem Fromer
Menachem Fromer Broad Institute
Peter Heutink
Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Eli A. Stahl
Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society

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