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Robbert-Jan Verkes

Robbert-Jan Verkes

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Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
8741
World Ranking
5050
National Ranking
240

Overview

Robbert-Jan Verkes is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and works primarily in the fields of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Sleep and related disorders, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Robbert-Jan Verkes are:

  • Observational and experimental studies on sleep duration and aggression: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Methylphenidate boosts choices of mental labor over leisure depending on striatal dopamine synthesis capacity (2020) published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Striatal dopamine dissociates methylphenidate effects on value-based versus surprise-based reversal learning (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • Psychomotor Retardation and the prognosis of antidepressant treatment in patients with unipolar Psychotic Depression (2020) published in Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Evidence for absence of links between striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and working memory capacity, spontaneous eye-blink rate, and trait impulsivity (2023) published in eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robbert-Jan Verkes include:

  • Roshan Cools
  • Lieke Hofmans
  • Ruben van den Bosch
  • Jessica I. Määttä
  • Danae Papadopetraki

The scientist has published multiple papers in venues such as:

  • Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
  • BJPsych Open
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Progesterone selectively increases amygdala reactivity in women

    G. A. Van Wingen;F. Van Broekhoven;R. J. Verkes;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Drug-induced stimulation and suppression of action monitoring in healthy volunteers

    Ellen R. A. de Bruijn;Wouter Hulstijn;Wouter Hulstijn;Robbert J. Verkes;Gé S. F. Ruigt

  • Cognitive performance and serotonergic function in users of ecstasy.

    Robbert J. Verkes;Harm J. Gijsman;Monique S.M. Pieters;Rik C. Schoemaker

  • Increased oxytocin concentrations and prosocial feelings in humans after ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) administration

    G J H Dumont;F C G J Sweep;R van der Steen;R Hermsen

  • Characterizing the cognitive effects of cocaine: A comprehensive review

    Desirée B. Spronk;Janelle H.P. van Wel;Johannes G. Ramaekers;Robbert J. Verkes;Robbert J. Verkes

  • Neurosteroids in depression: a review.

    Frank van Broekhoven;Robbert J. Verkes

  • Testosterone reduces amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex coupling.

    Guido van Wingen;Guido van Wingen;Claudia Mattern;Robbert Jan Verkes;Robbert Jan Verkes;Jan Buitelaar;Jan Buitelaar

  • Amygdala volume marks the acute state in the early course of depression.

    Philip van Eijndhoven;Philip van Eijndhoven;Guido van Wingen;Guido van Wingen;Koen van Oijen;Mark Rijpkema

  • A review of acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in healthy volunteers.

    G. J. H. Dumont;R. J. Verkes

  • Effects of antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs on action monitoring in healthy volunteers.

    Ellen R.A. de Bruijn;Bernard G.C. Sabbe;Wouter Hulstijn;Wouter Hulstijn;Gé S.F. Ruigt

  • Tetrahydrocannabinol for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia A randomized controlled trial

    Geke A.H. Van Den Elsen;Amir I.A. Ahmed;Robbert Jan Verkes;Cees Kramers

  • Testosterone Increases Amygdala Reactivity in Middle-Aged Women to a Young Adulthood Level

    Guido A van Wingen;Guido A van Wingen;Staś A Zylicz;Sara Pieters;Claudia Mattern

  • How Progesterone Impairs Memory for Biologically Salient Stimuli in Healthy Young Women

    Guido van Wingen;Frank van Broekhoven;Robbert Jan Verkes;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Human cognitive flexibility depends on dopamine D2 receptor signaling

    Mieke van Holstein;Esther Aarts;Marieke E. van der Schaaf;Marieke E. van der Schaaf;Dirk E. M. Geurts;Dirk E. M. Geurts

  • Co-morbid anxiety disorders predict early relapse after inpatient alcohol treatment

    A.F.A. Schellekens;C.A.J. de Jong;J.K. Buitelaar;R.J. Verkes

  • Effects of PhD examination stress on allopregnanolone and cortisol plasma levels and peripheral benzodiazepine receptor density

    Hal A Droogleever Fortuyn;Frank van Broekhoven;Paul N Span;Torbjörn Bäckström

  • Efficacy and safety of medical cannabinoids in older subjects: a systematic review.

    G.A.H. van den Elsen;A.I.A. Ahmed;M. Lammers;C. Kramers

  • Psychopaths lack the automatic avoidance of social threat: Relation to instrumental aggression.

    Anna Katinka Louise von Borries;Inge Volman;Ellen Rosalia Aloïs de Bruijn;Berend Hendrik Bulten

  • Early and late components of error monitoring in violent offenders with psychopathy.

    Inti A. Brazil;Ellen R.A. de Bruijn;Berend H. Bulten;A. Katinka L. von Borries

  • Establishing the Dopamine Dependency of Human Striatal Signals During Reward and Punishment Reversal Learning

    Marieke E. van der Schaaf;Martine R. van Schouwenburg;Dirk E.M. Geurts;Arnt F.A. Schellekens

Frequent Co-Authors

Indira Tendolkar
Indira Tendolkar Radboud University
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Johannes G. Ramaekers
Johannes G. Ramaekers Maastricht University
Kim P. C. Kuypers
Kim P. C. Kuypers Maastricht University
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eef L. Theunissen
Eef L. Theunissen Maastricht University
Ron H. J. Scholte
Ron H. J. Scholte Radboud University
Ad A. Vermulst
Ad A. Vermulst Radboud University
Karin Roelofs
Karin Roelofs Radboud University

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