Selected Publications
Becker LJ, Martin MM, Hughes AC, Mulvey B, Kuo C-C, Piantadosi SC, Bruchas MR, Martinowich K, Meye FJ, Schwarz LA, Weinshenker D, McCall JG, Riga D. Neuropeptides as transmitters and regulators of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system. Pharmacol. Rev. 2025 Jul 77(5).
Riga D, Kooij KL, Rademakers K, Wolterink-Donselaar IG, Basak O, Meye FJ. Neuropeptide Y neurons surrounding the locus coeruleus inhibit noradrenergic system activity to reduce anxiety. Sci Adv. 2025 Jul 25;11(30):eadq0011. PMID: 40700482.
Linders LE, Supiot LF, Du W, D’Angelo R, Adan RAH, Riga D, Meye FJ. Studying Synaptic Connectivity and Strength with Optogenetics and Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Oct 1;23(19). PMID: 36232917.
van de Haar LL, Riga D, Boer JE, Garritsen O, Adolfs Y, Sieburgh TE, van Dijk RE, Watanabe K, van Kronenburg NCH, Broekhoven MH, Posthuma D, Meye FJ, Basak O, Pasterkamp RJ. Molecular signatures and cellular diversity during mouse habenula development. Cell Rep. 2022 Jul 5;40(1):111029. PMID: 35793630.
Spijker S, Koskinen MK, Riga D. Incubation of depression: ECM assembly and parvalbumin interneurons after stress. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Nov;118:65-79. PMID: 32687884.
Riga D, Kramvis I, Koskinen MK, van Bokhoven P, van der Harst JE, Heistek TS, Jaap Timmerman A, van Nierop P, van der Schors RC, Pieneman AW, de Weger A, van Mourik Y, Schoffelmeer ANM, Mansvelder HD, Meredith RM, Hoogendijk WJG, Smit AB, Spijker S. Hippocampal extracellular matrix alterations contribute to cognitive impairment associated with a chronic depressive-like state in rats. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Dec 20;9(421). PMID: 29263233.
Riga D, Matos MR, Glas A, Smit AB, Spijker S, Van den Oever MC. Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry. Front Syst Neurosci. 2014;8:230. PMID: 25538574.
Riga D, Schmitz LJ, van der Harst JE, van Mourik Y, Hoogendijk WJ, Smit AB, De Vries TJ, Spijker S. A sustained depressive state promotes a guanfacine reversible susceptibility to alcohol seeking in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Apr;39(5):1115-24. PMID: 24192553.
Wouda JA, Diergaarde L, Riga D, van Mourik Y, Schoffelmeer AN, De Vries TJ. Disruption of Long-Term Alcohol-Related Memory Reconsolidation: Role of β-Adrenoceptors and NMDA Receptors. Front Behav Neurosci. 2010;4:179. PMID: 21152256.