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Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers

Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5666
World Ranking
8150
National Ranking
218

Overview

Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their academic research focuses primarily on neuroscience and medicine, with subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, rehabilitation, and anesthesiology and pain medicine.

The scientist's work prominently features topics such as transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and pain management and treatment.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Jord Vink, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Sandra Sau Man Chan, Chiu-Wing Winnie Chu, and Katharine N. Thakkar.

The venues where Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers has published multiple papers include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage Clinical, Brain Stimulation, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Stroke.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Neggers include:

  • Personalized prediction of transcranial magnetic stimulation clinical response in patients with treatment-refractory depression using neuroimaging biomarkers and machine learning (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation of the Contralesional Primary Motor Cortex for Promotion of Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2023, Stroke)
  • Altered thalamocortical structural connectivity in persons with schizophrenia and healthy siblings (2020, NeuroImage Clinical)
  • Antidepressant efficacy of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in antidepressant-nonresponding bipolar depression: a single-blind randomized sham-controlled trial (2021, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders)
  • Functional connectivity of the frontotemporal network in preattentive detection of abstract changes: Perturbs and observes with transcranial magnetic stimulation and event-related optical signal (2020, Human Brain Mapping)

Neggers' research combines experimental and clinical approaches to better understand brain function and recovery processes, particularly focusing on the effects and applications of transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuroimaging biomarkers. Their contributions span the study of neural connectivity, brain stimulation techniques, and rehabilitation following neurological disorders such as stroke and psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Ocular gaze is anchored to the target of an ongoing pointing movement.

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Harold Bekkering

  • Visual Search Is Modulated by Action Intentions

    Harold Bekkering;Sebastiaan F.W. Neggers

  • Auditory verbal hallucinations predominantly activate the right inferior frontal area

    Iris E. C. Sommer;Kelly M. J. Diederen;Jan-Dirk Blom;Anne Willems

  • Brain areas involved in spatial working memory

    Marieke van Asselen;Roy P.C. Kessels;Sebastiaan F.W. Neggers;L. Jaap Kappelle

  • Deactivation of the Parahippocampal Gyrus Preceding Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

    Kelly M. J. Diederen;Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Kirstin Daalman;Jan Dirk Blom

  • Gaze anchoring to a pointing target is present during the entire pointing movement and is driven by a non-visual signal

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Harold Bekkering

  • Expectations and violations: delineating the neural network of proactive inhibitory control.

    Bram B. Zandbelt;Mirjam Bloemendaal;Mirjam Bloemendaal;Sebastiaan F.W. Neggers;René S. Kahn

  • Interactions between ego- and allocentric neuronal representations of space

    S.F.W. Neggers;R.H.J. van der Lubbe;N.F. Ramsey;A. Postma

  • A stereotactic method for image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation validated with fMRI and motor-evoked potentials

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Thomas R. Langerak;Dennis J. L. G. Schutter;René C. W. Mandl

  • Auditory Hallucinations Elicit Similar Brain Activation in Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Individuals

    Kelly M. J. Diederen;Kirstin Daalman;Antoin D. de Weijer;Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers

  • Coordinated control of eye and hand movements in dynamic reaching.

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Harold Bekkering

  • Within-subject variation in BOLD-fMRI signal changes across repeated measurements: quantification and implications for sample size.

    Bram B. Zandbelt;Thomas E. Gladwin;Mathijs Raemaekers;Mariët van Buuren

  • Enhanced sensitivity with fast three-dimensional blood-oxygen-level-dependent functional MRI: comparison of SENSE-PRESTO and 2D-EPI at 3 T.

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Erno J. Hermans;Erno J. Hermans;Nick F. Ramsey

  • Arm position constraints during pointing and reaching in 3-D space

    C.C.A.M. Gielen;E. J. Vrijenhoek;T. Flash;S.F.W. Neggers

  • A novel concurrent TMS-fMRI method to reveal propagation patterns of prefrontal magnetic brain stimulation.

    Jord J. T. Vink;Stefano Mandija;Petar I. Petrov;Cornells A. T. van den Berg

  • Spatiotemporal overlap between brain activation related to saccade preparation and attentional orienting.

    Robert Henricus Johannes van der Lubbe;Sebastiaan F.W. Neggers;Rolf Verleger;J. Leon Kenemans

  • Microstructural alterations of the arcuate fasciculus in schizophrenia patients with frequent auditory verbal hallucinations

    A.D. de Weijer;R.C.W. Mandl;K.M.J. Diederen;S.F.W. Neggers

  • Integration of visual and somatosensory target information in goal-directed eye and arm movements

    Sebastiaan F. W. Neggers;Harold Bekkering

  • Can fMRI-guidance improve the efficacy of rTMS treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations?

    I. E. C. Sommer;A. D. de Weijer;K. Daalman;S. F. Neggers

  • 7T Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Glutamate, and Glutamine Reveals Altered Concentrations in Patients With Schizophrenia and Healthy Siblings.

    Katharine N. Thakkar;Katharine N. Thakkar;Lara Rösler;Jannie P. Wijnen;Vincent O. Boer

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Bekkering
Harold Bekkering Radboud University
Albert Postma
Albert Postma Utrecht University
Nick F. Ramsey
Nick F. Ramsey Utrecht University
Natalia Petridou
Natalia Petridou Utrecht University
Matthijs Vink
Matthijs Vink Utrecht University
Roy P.C. Kessels
Roy P.C. Kessels Radboud University
René C.W. Mandl
René C.W. Mandl Utrecht University
J. Leon Kenemans
J. Leon Kenemans Utrecht University
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Stefan Van der Stigchel Utrecht University
Sarah Durston
Sarah Durston Utrecht University

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