Paper published in Movement Disorders
Robbins TW, Cools R (2014). Cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease: A cognitive neuroscience perspective, Mov Disord, 29(5): 597-607. Pubmed.
Paper published in PLoS One
Smulders K, Esselink RA, Cools R, Bloem BR (2014). Trait impulsivity is associated with the risk of falls in Parkinson's disease, PLoS One, 9(3). Pubmed.
Paper accepted in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Chiu YC, Cools R, Aron AR (in press). Opposing Effects of Appetitive and Aversive Cues on Go/No-go Behavior and Motor Excitability, J Cogn Neurosci. Pubmed.
Paper published in Frontiers of Neuroscience
Beeler JA, Cools R, Luciana M, Ostlund SB, Petzinger G (2014). A kinder, gentler dopamine… highlighting dopamine's role in behavioral flexibility, Front Neurosci, Jan 24, 8:4. [link]
Paper published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
Schumann G, Binder EB, Holte A, de Kloet ER, Oedegaard KJ, Robbins TW, Walker-Tilley TR, Bitter I, Brown VJ, Buitelaar J, Ciccocioppo R, Cools R, Escera C, Fleischhacker W, Flor H, Frith CD, Heinz A, Johnsen E, Kirschbaum C, Klingberg T, Lesch KP, Lewis S, Maier W, Mann K, Martinot JL, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Müller CP, Müller WE, Nutt DJ, Persico A, Perugi G, Pessiglione M, Preuss UW, Roiser JP, Rossini PM, Rybakowski JK, Sandi C, Stephan KE, Undurraga J, Vieta E, van der Wee N, Wykes T, Haro JM, Wittchen HU (2014). Stratified medicine for mental disorders, Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 24(1):5-50.
Paper accepted in NeuroImage
Horschig, JM, Jensen, O, van Schouwenburg, MR, Cools, R, Bonnefond, M (in press). Alpha activity reflects individual abilities to adapt to the environment.
Paper accepted in Psychological Science
Aarts, E, Wallace, DL, Dang, LC, Jagust, W, Cools, R, D'Esposito, M (2014). Dopamine and the cognitive downside of a promised bonus [link].
Paper published in Neuron
A paper by Hanneke den Ouden and colleagues was published in Neuron this week. Read the press release in Dutch or in English.
den Ouden, HEM, Daw, ND, Fernandez, G., Elshout, JA, Rijpkema, M, Hoogman, M, Franke, B, Cools, R (2013). Dissociable Effects of Dopamine and Serotonin on Reversal Learning. Neuron 80: 1-11 [link].
Paper accepted in Cerebral Cortex
MR van Schouwenburg, HEM den Ouden, R Cools (in press). Selective attentional enhancement and inhibition of fronto-posterior connectivity by the basal ganglia during attention switching.
Paper accepted in Neuropsychologia
van Schouwenburg, MR, Onnink, AMH, ter Huurne, N, Kan, CC, Zwiers, MP, Hoogman, M, Franke, B, Buitelaar, JK, Cools, R (in press). Cognitive flexibility depends on white matter microstructure of the basal ganglia.
Paper accepted in Journal of Neuroscience
Dirk Geurts, Quentin Huys, Hanneke den Ouden, and Roshan Cools (in press). Serotonin and aversive Pavlovian control of instrumental behavior in humans.
Paper accepted in SCAN
Ly, V, Cools, R, Roelofs, K (2013). Aversive disinhibition of behavior and striatal signaling in social avoidance [link].
Paper accepted in Frontiers in Neuroscience
Marieke E. van der Schaaf, Marcel P. Zwiers, Martine R. van Schouwenburg, Dirk E.M. Geurts, Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Jan K. Buitelaar, Robbert Jan Verkes, Roshan Cools (2013). Dopaminergic drug effects during reversal learning depend on anatomical connections between the orbitofrontal cortex and the amygdala [pubmed].
TEDx talk by Roshan Cools
On May 23, 2013, Roshan Cools gave a TEDx talk on the importance of trusting science @TEDx RadboudU: Rebuilding Trust. Watch the video here.
Paper accepted in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
D.E.M. Geurts, Q.J.M. Huys, H.E.M. den Ouden, R. Cools (2013). Aversive Pavlovian control of instrumental behaviour in humans [link].
Paper accepted in Neuropsychopharmacology
van der Schaaf, ME, Fallon, SJ, ter Huurne, N, Buitelaar, J, Cools, R (2013). Working memory capacity predicts effects of methylphenidate on reversal learning [link].
Paper accepted in Psychopharmacology
van Schouwenburg, MR, Zwiers, MP, van der Schaaf, ME, Geurts, DEM, Schellekens, AFA, Buitelaar, JK, Verkes, RJ, Cools, R (2013). Anatomical connection strength predicts dopaminergic drug effects on fronto-striatal function [pubmed].
Paper accepted in Cerebral Cortex
van der Schaaf ME, van Schouwenburg MR, Geurts DE, Schellekens AF, Buitelaar JK, Verkes RJ, Cools R. (2012). Establishing the Dopamine Dependency of Human Striatal Signals During Reward and Punishment Reversal Learning [pubmed].
Veni NWO grant awarded to Esther Aarts
Esther Aarts was awarded a Veni NWO grant to study how we can break bad eating habits.
McDonnell Grant awarded to Roshan Cools
Roshan was awarded one of the 2012 James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar grants for studying the effect of motivation on cognition and the role of dopamine.
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