Melly S. Oitzl

15.2k citations

127 papers · 12.4k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 52

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.01%
Social Psychology top 0.1%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.2%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%

Co-authors: E. R. de Kloet Marian Joëls Erno Vreugdenhil Lars Schwabe Hartmut Schächinger Marc Fluttert Harm J. Krugers Oliver T. Wolf
Topics: Stress Responses and Cortisol (111 papers)Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (69 papers)Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (37 papers)
Cited by: Behavioral Neuroscience Biological Psychiatry Social Psychology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Neuroscience PLoS ONE
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Melly S. Oitzl

127 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Brain Corticosteroid Receptor Balance in Health and Disease*

1998 2.1k citations E. R. de Kloet, Erno Vreugdenhil et al. profile →
Stress and cognition: are corticosteroids good or bad guys?

1999 1000 citations E. R. de Kloet, Melly S. Oitzl et al. profile →
Learning under stress: how does it work?

2006 727 citations Marian Joëls, Melly S. Oitzl et al. profile →
Stress effects on memory: An update and integration

2011 560 citations Lars Schwabe, Marian Joëls et al. profile →
Selective corticosteroid antagonists modulate specific aspects of spatial orientation learning.

1992 505 citations Melly S. Oitzl, E. R. de Kloet profile →
Selective corticosteroid antagonists modulate specific aspects of spatial orientation learning.

1992 448 citations Melly S. Oitzl, E. R. de Kloet profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deletion of the forebrain mineralocorticoid receptor impairs social discrimination and decision-making in male, but not in female mice 2014 ·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience ·Judith P. ter Horst,Maaike van der Mark,(unknown),(unknown),Rixt van der Veen,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	26
2	Blocking the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Humans Prevents the Stress-Induced Enhancement of Centromedial Amygdala Connectivity with the Dorsal Striatum 2014 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Susanne Vogel,Floris Klumpers,Harm J. Krugers,Fang Zhou,(unknown),Melly S. Oitzl,Marian Joëls,Guillén Fernández	67
3	Sex differences in fear memory and extinction of mice with forebrain‐specific disruption of the mineralocorticoid receptor 2012 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Judith P. ter Horst,A.P. Carobrez,Maaike H. van der Mark,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	51
4	Denial of Reward in the Neonate Shapes Sociability and Serotonergic Activity in the Adult Rat 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Anastasia Diamantopoulou,Androniki Raftogianni,Antonios Stamatakis,(unknown),Melly S. Oitzl,Fotini Stylianopoulou	18
5	Effects of Cold Pressor Stress on the Human Startle Response 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Christian Eric Deuter,Linn K. Kuehl,Terry D. Blumenthal,André Schulz,Melly S. Oitzl,Hartmut Schächinger	29
6	Knockdown of the glucocorticoid receptor alters functional integration of newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus and impairs fear-motivated behavior 2012 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Carlos P. Fitzsimons,(unknown),Marijn Schouten,Ioannis Zalachoras,Vera Brinks,Tingting Zheng,Theo Schouten,Dirk‐Jan Saaltink,Thomas F. Dijkmans,Dennis A. Steindler,Joost Verhaagen,Fons J. Verbeek,Paul J. Lucassen,E. R. de Kloet,Onno C. Meijer,Henk Karst,Marian Joëls,Melly S. Oitzl,Erno Vreugdenhil	116
7	The newborn rat's stress system readily habituates to repeated and prolonged maternal separation, while continuing to respond to stressors in context dependent fashion 2011 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Nikolaos P. Daskalakis,(unknown),(unknown),Leo Enthoven,Melly S. Oitzl,Danielle L. Champagne,E. R. de Kloet	39
8	Cortisol rapidly disrupts prepulse inhibition in healthy men 2010 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Steffen Richter,André Schulz,(unknown),Melly S. Oitzl,Nikolaos P. Daskalakis,Terry D. Blumenthal,Hartmut Schächinger	31
9	Corticosteroids Operate as a Switch between Memory Systems 2009 ·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·Lars Schwabe,Hartmut Schächinger,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	177
10	Post-training self administration of sugar facilitates cognitive performance of male C57BL/6J mice in two spatial learning tasks 2008 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Sergiu Dalm,Lars Schwabe,Hartmut Schächinger,Melly S. Oitzl	9
11	Corticosterone facilitates extinction of fear memory in BALB/c mice but strengthens cue related fear in C57BL/6 mice 2008 ·Experimental Neurology ·Vera Brinks,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	61
12	Glucocorticoid Receptor Blockade Normalizes Hippocampal Alterations and Cognitive Impairment in Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 Diabetes Mice 2008 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Yanina Revsin,(unknown),Mieke C. Louwe,Flavia Saravia,Alejandro F. De Nicola,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	103
13	The postnatal development of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in the mouse 2003 ·International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience ·Mathias V. Schmidt,Leo Enthoven,Maaike van der Mark,Stephen Z. Levine,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl	217
14	The HPA system during the postnatal development of CD1 mice and the effects of maternal deprivation 2002 ·Developmental Brain Research ·Mathias V. Schmidt,Melly S. Oitzl,(unknown),E. R. de Kloet	99
15	Acute blockade of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors facilitates spatial learning in rats 1998 ·Brain Research ·Melly S. Oitzl,Marc Fluttert,E. R. de Kloet	32
16	Facilitation of Feedback Inhibition Through Blockade of Glucocorticoid Receptors in the Hippocampus 1997 ·Neurochemical Research ·Aernout D. van Haarst,Melly S. Oitzl,E. R. de Kloet	130
17	Chronic brain glucocorticoid receptor blockade enhances the rise in circadian and stress-induced pituitary-adrenal activity. 1996 ·Endocrinology ·Aernout D. van Haarst,Melly S. Oitzl,Judith O Workel,E. R. de Kloet	77
18	Basic fibroblast growth factor and steroid receptors in the aging hippocampus of the Brown Norway rat: Immunocytochemical analysis in combination with stereology 1994 ·Neurochemistry International ·A. Cintra,Jakob Lindberg,Gerson Chadi,Barbro Tinner,Arne Møller,J.-Å. Gustafsson,E. R. de Kloet,Melly S. Oitzl,Kazutaka Nishikawa,L.F. Agnati,Kjell Fuxé	18
19	The Effect of Corticosterone on Reactivity to Spatial Novelty is Mediated by Central Mineralocorticosteroid Receptors 1994 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Melly S. Oitzl,Marc Fluttert,E. R. de Kloet	140
20	Adrenalectomy Leads to a Different Responsiveness to 8‐OH‐DPAT in a Water‐Maze Learning Task 1994 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Onno C. Meijer,Melly S. Oitzl,E. R. de Kloet	1

About Melly S. Oitzl

Melly S. Oitzl is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Social Psychology, having authored 127 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (111 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (69 papers) and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (37 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (8.3k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.6k citations) and Social Psychology (4.9k citations). Melly S. Oitzl has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include E. R. de Kloet, Marian Joëls, Erno Vreugdenhil, Lars Schwabe, Hartmut Schächinger, Marc Fluttert, Harm J. Krugers, Oliver T. Wolf, Sergiu Dalm and Zhenwei Pu. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

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