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Overview

Sietse F. de Boer is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and has a research focus spanning multiple fields including neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their work addresses key topics such as neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, and the effects of vibration on health. The scientist's contributions also extend into areas like circadian rhythm and melatonin, autism spectrum disorder research, noise effects and management, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

De Boer's recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Notable papers include:

  • "Translational validity and methodological underreporting in animal research: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Fragile X syndrome (Fmr1 KO) rodent model" (2022), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Social withdrawal: An initially adaptive behavior that becomes maladaptive when expressed excessively" (2020), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Whole Body Vibration Improves Spatial Memory, Anxiety-Like Behavior, and Motor Performance in Aged Male and Female Rats" (2022), published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Pharmacological Studies on the Role of 5-HT1A Receptors in Male Sexual Behavior of Wildtype and Serotonin Transporter Knockout Rats" (2020), published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "The human neuropsychiatric risk gene Drd2 is necessary for social functioning across evolutionary distant species" (2023), published in Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors in de Boer's work include Bauke Buwalda, Martien J. Kas, Kevin G.O. Ike, Tamás Oroszi, and Regien G. Schoemaker, demonstrating collaborative efforts across multiple projects. These collaborations have contributed significantly to research outputs, visible in several publications across consistent venues.

De Boer's work has been published repeatedly in the following journals:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry

The scientist's key areas of study can be categorized into primary fields such as:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these, de Boer focuses on subfields including:

  • Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Best Publications

  • Coping styles in animals: current status in behavior and stress-physiology.

    J.M Koolhaas;S.M Korte;S.F De Boer;B.J Van Der Vegt

  • Coping styles and behavioural flexibility: towards underlying mechanisms

    Caroline M. Coppens;Sietse F. de Boer;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • Individual variation in coping with stress : A multidimensional approach of ultimate and proximate mechanisms

    Jaap M. Koolhaas;Sietse F. de Boer;Bauke Buwalda;Kees van Reenen

  • Defensive burying in rodents: ethology, neurobiology and psychopharmacology

    Sietse F. De Boer;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • The resident-intruder paradigm: a standardized test for aggression, violence and social stress.

    Jaap M. Koolhaas;Caroline M. Coppens;Sietse F. de Boer;Bauke Buwalda

  • 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptor agonists and aggression: a pharmacological challenge of the serotonin deficiency hypothesis.

    Sietse F. de Boer;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • Long-term effects of social stress on brain and behavior: a focus on hippocampal functioning

    Bauke Buwalda;Maarten H.P. Kole;Alexa H. Veenema;Mark Huininga

  • A robust animal model of state anxiety: fear-potentiated behaviour in the elevated plus-maze.

    S. Mechiel Korte;Sietse F. De Boer

  • Neurobiology of escalated aggression and violence.

    Klaus A. Miczek;Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues de Almeida;E. A. Kravitz;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Individual variation in aggression of feral rodent strains: a standard for the genetics of aggression and violence?

    Sietse F. de Boer;Bea J. van der Vegt;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • Individual Differences in Plasma Catecholamine and Corticosterone Stress Responses of Wild-Type Rats: Relationship With Aggression

    Andrea Sgoifo;Sietse F De Boer;Jozsef Haller;Jaap M Koolhaas

  • Incidence of arrhythmias and heart rate variability in wild-type rats exposed to social stress

    A. Sgoifo;S.F. de Boer;C. Westenbroek;Frans W. Maes

  • Untangling the neurobiology of coping styles in rodents: Towards neural mechanisms underlying individual differences in disease susceptibility

    Sietse F. de Boer;Bauke Buwalda;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • Serotonin transporter deficiency in rats improves inhibitory control but not behavioural flexibility

    Judith R. Homberg;Tommy Pattij;Mieke C. W. Janssen;Eric Ronken

  • Differential role of the 5-HT1A receptor in aggressive and non-aggressive mice: an across-strain comparison

    Doretta Caramaschi;Sietse F. de Boer;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • Long-lasting consequences of a social conflict in rats: Behavior during the interaction predicts subsequent changes in daily rhythms of heart rate, temperature, and activity

    P. Meerlo;A. Sgoifo;S.F. de Boer;J.M. Koolhaas

  • Hypothalamic, metabolic,and behavioral responses to pharmacological inhibition of CNS melanocortin signaling in rats.

    Tiziana Adage;Anton J. W. Scheurink;Sietse F. de Boer;Koert de Vries

  • Development of violence in mice through repeated victory along with changes in prefrontal cortex neurochemistry

    Doretta Caramaschi;Sietse F. de Boer;Han de Vries;Jaap M. Koolhaas

  • The acute glucocorticoid stress response does not differentiate between rewarding and aversive social stimuli in rats.

    Bauke Buwalda;Jan Scholte;Sietse F. de Boer;Caroline M. Coppens

  • Excessive aggression as model of violence: a critical evaluation of current preclinical methods

    Klaus A. Miczek;Sietse F. de Boer;Jozsef Haller

  • IndividualDifferencesin PlasmaCatecholamine andCorticosterone StressResponsesof Wild- Type Rats:Relationship WithAggression

    Andrea Sgoifo;Sietse F. De Boer;Jozsef Haller;Jaap M. Koolhaas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap M. Koolhaas
Jaap M. Koolhaas University of Groningen
Leonard C. Schalkwyk
Leonard C. Schalkwyk University of Essex
Klaus A. Miczek
Klaus A. Miczek Tufts University
Edwin Cuppen
Edwin Cuppen Utrecht University
Robbert-Jan Verkes
Robbert-Jan Verkes Radboud University
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania
Louise Arseneault
Louise Arseneault King's College London
Markus Wöhr
Markus Wöhr Philipp University of Marburg

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