Danai Riga
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Dr. Danai Riga is an Assistant Professor at Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on neurobiology, particularly the roles of neuropeptide Y in anxiety, synaptic connectivity and strength using optogenetics, and the development of the habenula in mice. She has published extensively on the neurobiological mechanisms linking stress to cognitive impairments and depression.
Recent Grants
Grant: Open
Should I stay or should I go? Elucidating neuropeptidergic modulation of approach-avoidance behaviour.
Open Date: 2024-11-01
Close Date: 2029-10-01
Grant: Close
Stamps of resilience: elucidating the molecular diversity of the brain’s anti-stress system
Open Date: 2022-05-01
Close Date: 2023-04-01
Grant: Close
Unravelling the role of neuropeptide Y in stress-driven inattention and impulsivity
Open Date: 2019-05-01
Close Date: 2022-05-01
Grant: Close
Deciphering the role of astrocytes in chronic depression.
Open Date: 2018-05-01
Close Date: 2019-04-01
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Collaborators (4)
Hanna Lammertse
University of Amsterdam
Sabine Spijker
Full professor
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Roger Adan
professor
Göteborgs Universitet
Onur Basak
Assistant professor
UMC Utrecht Hersencentrum Rudolf Magnus
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