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Danai Riga

Utrecht UniversityORCID 0000-0001-9220-784XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 3 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Frank Julius MeyeiD· 3 shared Inge G. Wolterink‐DonselaariD· 2 shared A. S. J. NicolsoniD· 1 shared Annemieke Benschop· 1 shared August Benjamin SmitiD· 1 shared Daniëlle PosthumaiD· 1 shared Juliska E. Boer· 1 shared Karlijn L. KooijiD· 1 shared

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A prefrontal cortex-lateral hypothalamus circuit controls stress-driven increased food intake

Laura. F. Supiot, Karlijn L. Kooij, W. Du, Annemieke Benschop, A. S. J. Nicolson, R. Haak, Inge G. Wolterink‐Donselaar, Mieneke C. M. Luijendijk, Danai Riga, Roger A.H. Adan, Rogier B. Poorthuis, Frank Julius Meye

This study identifies a prefrontal cortex-lateral hypothalamus circuit that mediates stress-driven increased food intake in mice.

Nature Communications · Mar 31, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Neuropeptide Y neurons of the locus coeruleus inhibit noradrenergic system activity to reduce anxiety

Danai Riga, Kelly Rademakers, Inge G. Wolterink‐Donselaar, Frank Julius Meye

The paper identifies a novel NPY-expressing neuronal population in the locus coeruleus that modulates noradrenergic activity to regulate anxiety.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience

Molecular Signatures and Cellular Diversity During Mouse Habenula Development

Lieke L. van de Haar, Danai Riga, Juliska E. Boer, Oxana Garritsen, Youri Adolfs, Thomas E. Sieburgh, Roland E. van Dijk, Kyoko Watanabe, Nicky C.H. van Kronenburg, Mark H. Broekhoven, Daniëlle Posthuma, Frank Julius Meye, Onur Başak, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp

This study identifies molecular signatures and cellular diversity during mouse habenula development using single-cell transcriptomics and links developmental subtypes to psychiatric disease.

Cell Reports · Jul 1, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

From stress to depression: Development of extracellular matrix-dependent cognitive impairment following social stress

Maija-Kreetta Koskinen, Yvar van Mourik, August Benjamin Smit, Danai Riga, Sabine Spijker

This study investigates how social stress leads to cognitive impairment and affective disturbances in rats, revealing distinct phases of hippocampal extracellular matrix remodeling associated with different aspects of depression.

Scientific Reports · Oct 14, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience