Veronique van der Horst
 
 

Visiting scientist from the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Funded by:
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Unversity of Groningen, Netherlands
Jan Kornelis de Cock-Stichting, Groningen, Netherlands
 

Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

2001-present: Fellowship from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2000: M.D. (cum laude); University of Groningen Medical School, Netherlands
1997-1999 Postdoctoral fellow at the Dept. of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco in collaboration with the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center; funded by a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Talent Fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
1996 Ph.D. (cum laude); Medical Sciences; Dept. of Anatomy, University of Groningen, Netherlands
1992 Drs. (cum laude); University of Groningen Medical School (preclinical training)

Caudal medullary pathways to lumbosacral motoneuronal cell groups in the cat: evidence for direct projections possibly representing the final common pathway for lordosis.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege. J. Comp. Neurol. (1995) 359: 457-475.

A concept for the final common pathway of vocalization and lordosis behavior in the cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege. Progr. Brain Res. (1996) 107: 327-341.

The basic neural circuitry for sexual behavior; pathways and plasticity.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M. Groningen University, thesis (1996).

Distinct cell groups in the lumbosacral cord of the cat project to different areas in the periaqueductal gray.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., L. J. Mouton, B. F. M. Blok, and G. Holstege. J. Comp. Neurol. (1996) 376: 361-385.

Estrogen induces axonal outgrowth in the nucleus retroambiguus-lumbosacral motoneuronal pathway in the adult female cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege.  J. Neurosci. (1997) 17: 1122-1136.

The organization of lumbosacral motoneuronal cell groups innervating hindlimb, pelvic floor and axial muscles in the cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege.  J. Comp. Neurol. (1997) 382: 46-76.

Nucleus retroambiguus projections to lumbosacral motoneuronal cell groups in the male cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege.  J. Comp. Neurol. (1997) 382:77-88.

Evidence for monosynaptic projections from the nucleus retroambiguus to hindlimb motoneurons in the cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., H. deWeerd, and G. Holstege.  Neurosci. Lett. (1997) 224: 33-36.

Estrogen receptor-immunoreactive neurons in the lumbosacral cord projecting to the periaqueductal gray in the ovariectomized female cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Meijer, F.C. Schasfoort, F.W. Van Leeuwen, and G. Holstege.  Neurosci. Lett. (1997) 236:25-28.

Evidence for a periaqueductal gray - nucleus retroambiguus - spinal cord pathway in the rat.
Holstege, G., L. Kerstens, M C. Moes, and V.G.J.M. VanderHorst. Neurosci. (1997) 80: 587-598.

Large segmental differences in the spinal projections to the periaqueductal gray in the cat.
Mouton L.J., V.G.J.M. VanderHorst , and G. Holstege.  Neurosci. Lett. (1997) 238:1-4.

Estrogen receptor-alpha-immunoreactive neurons in the periaqueductal gray of the adult ovariectomized female cat.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., F.C. Schasfoort, E. Meijer,  F.W. van Leeuwen, and G. Holstege.  Neurosci. Lett. (1998) 240:13-16.

Sensory and motor components of reproductive behavior: pathways and plasticity.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., and G. Holstege.  Behav. Brain Res. (1998) 92:157-167.

Monosynaptic projections from the nucleus retroambiguus to motoneurons supplying the abdominal wall, axial, hindlimb, and pelvic floor in the female rhesus monkey.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Terasawa, H.J. Ralston III, and G. Holstege.  J. Comp. Neurol. (2000) 424: 233-250.

Monosynaptic projections from the lateral caudal periaqueductal gray to the nucleus retroambiguus in the rhesus monkey: implications for vocalization and reproductive behavior.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Terasawa, H.J. Ralston III, and G. Holstege.  J. Comp. Neurol. (2000) 424: 251-268.

Estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactivity in parasympathetic preganglionic neurons innervating the bladder in the adult ovariectomized female cat.
VanderHorst. V.G.J.M., E. Meijer, and G. Holstege.  Neurosci. Lett. (2001) 298:147-150.

Monosynaptic projections from the nucleus retroambiguus region to laryngeal motoneurons in the rhesus monkey.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Terasawa, and H.J. Ralston III. (2001) Neurosci. 107 (1): 117-125.

Estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactive neurons in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray receive monosynaptic input from the lumbosacral cord in the rhesus monkey.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Terasawa, and H.J. Ralston III.  J. Comp. Neurol. (2002) 443:27-42.

Spatiotemporal activation of lumbosacral motoneurons in the locomotor stepcycle.
Yakovenko S, Mushahwar V, VanderHorst V, Holstege G, Prochazka A.  J. Neurophysiol. (2002) 87: 1542-1553.

Axonal sprouting of a brainstem-spinal pathway after estrogen administration in the adult female rhesus monkey.
VanderHorst, V.G.J.M., E. Terasawa, and H.J. Ralston III.  J. Comp. Neurol. In press.