Behavioral neuroscience
1. Neurobiology of the reward system in rats.
Helse Nord funded project (2018): "The risks of excessive junk food consumption on the brain reward system. A translational study"
MSCA-IF 2019, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions as host: “Does excessive junk food consumption change the way the brain reward system processes intrinsic rewards?”
2. Neurobiology of sexual motivation and sexual behavior in rats.
NFR funded project (2015): "which brain projections are involved in natural reward"
3. Neurodevelopmental effects in offspring.
Helse-Nord funded project (2015): "Antidepressant use during pregnancy: the neurodevelopmental effects in the offspring"
Gruppeleder av forskningsgruppe Translasjonell nevrovitenskap og atferd
Førsteamanuensis i biologisk psykologi
- Hegstad J, Huijgens PT, Houwing DJ, Olivier JD, Heijkoop R, Snoeren EMS. Female rat sexual behavior is unaffected by perinatal fluoxetine exposure. Preprinted to BioRxiv May 31, 2020 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.29.122945)
- Heinla I, Heijkoop R, Houwing DJ, Olivier JDA, Snoeren EMS. Third-party prosocial behavior in adult female rats is impaired after perinatal fluoxetine exposure. Physiology & Behavior. 2020 Aug,222
- Houwing DJ, Heijkoop R, Olivier JDA, Snoeren EMS. Perinatal fluoxetine exposure changes social and stress-coping behavior in adult rats housed in a seminatural environment. Neuropharmacology. 2019 Jun, 151:84:97
- Chiacchierini G, Naneix F, Peters KZ, Snoeren EMS, McCutcheon J. Protein appetite drives neural activity in the ventral tegmental area. Preprinted to BioRxiv 2019 Feb 6 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/542340)
- Le Moëne O, Snoeren EMS. Mate Choice could be Random in Female Rats (Rattus norvegicus). Physiol Behav. 2018 Feb 1;184:1-5
- Heijkoop R, Huijgens PT, Snoeren EMS. Assessment of sexual behavior in rats: The potentials and pitfalls. Behavioral Brain Research. 2017 Oct 27. pii: S0166-4328(17)31233-0.
- Le Moëne O, Snoeren EMS. Mate choice could be random in female rats (Rattus norvegicus). Physiology & Behavior. 2018 Feb1;184:1-5.
- Ågmo A, Snoeren EMS. A cooperative function for multisensory stimuli in the induction of approach behavior of a potential mate. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 17;12(3):e0174339.
- Chu X, Snoeren EMS, Ågmo A. Functions of Vocalization in Sociosexual Behaviors in a Seminatural Environment. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2017 Jan
- Ågmo A, Snoeren EMS. Silent and singing rats copulate in the same manner. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 3;10(12):e0144164
- Snoeren EMS, Antonio-Cabrera E, Spiteri T, Musatov S, Ogawa S, Pfaff DW, Ågmo A.
Role of estrogen alpha receptors in sociosexual behavior in female rats housed in a seminatural environment. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 2015 Nov;27(11):803-18. - Snoeren EMS. The role of noradrenergic receptors in male and female rat sexual behavior. The European Journal of Pharmacology, 753 (2015), 229-245.
- Snoeren EMS, Ågmo A. The role of odors and ultrasonic vocalizations in female rat (Rattus Norvegicus) partner choice. Journal of Comparative psychology. 2014 Aug 18 [Epub ahead of print]
- Snoeren EMS, Helander LS, Iversen EE, Ågmo A. On the role of individual differences in female odor and ultrasonic vocalizations for male's choice of partner. Physiology & Behavior, 132 (2014), 17-23.
- Snoeren EMS, Veening JG, Olivier B, Oosting RS. Serotonin 1A receptors and sexual behavior in female rats: a review. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 121 (2014), 43-52.
- Snoeren EMS, Veening JG, Olivier B, Oosting RS. Serotonin 1A receptors and sexual behavior in male rats: a review. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 121 (2014), 102-14.
- Snoeren EMS, Ågmo A. The incentive value of males’ 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in female rats (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative psychology, 1 (2014), 40-55.
- Snoeren EMS, Ågmo A. Female ultrasonic vocalizations have no incentive value for male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 3 (2013), 439-50.
- Snoeren EMS, Chu X, Ågmo A. La interacciόn sexual en un ambiente seminatural: un acercamiento al diseño representativo. In Gozález, M.H., Pérez, M.Á.G., Gutiérrez, C.d.C.A., Martin, A.S. (eds) Aproximaciones al estudio del procesamiento sensorial, emocional y cognoscitivo. Universidad Veracruzana, (2012) pp. 25-64.
- Snoeren EMS, Lehtimäki J, Ågmo A. Effect of dexmedetomidine on ejaculatory behavior and sexual motivation in intact male rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 103(2) (2012),345-52.
- Snoeren EMS, Bovens A, Refsgaard LK, Westphal KCG, Waldinger MD, Olivier B, Oosting RS. Combination of testosterone and vardenafil increases female sexual functioning in sub-primed rats. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(4) (2011), 989-1001
- Snoeren EMS, Refsgaard LK, Waldinger MD, Olivier B, Oosting RS. Chronic paroxetine treatment does not affect sexual behavior in hormonally sub-primed rats despite 5-HT1A receptor desensitization. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(4) (2011), 976-88
- Snoeren EMS, Chan JSW, de Jong TR, Waldinger MD, Olivier B, Oosting RS. A new female rat animal model for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder; behavioral and pharmacological evidence.Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8 (2011), 44-56
- Olivier B, Chan JSW, Snoeren EMS, Olivier JDA, Veening JG, Vinkers CH, Waldinger MD, Oosting RS. Differences in Sexual Behaviour in Male and Female Rodents: Role of Serotonin. Current Topics Behavioral Neurosciences, 8 (2011), 15-36.
- Veeneman MMJ, Boleij H, Broekhoven MH, Snoeren EM, Guitart Massip M, Cousijn J, Spooren W, Vanderschuren LJMJ. Dissociable roles of mGlu5 and dopamine receptors in the rewarding and sensitizing properties of morphine and cocaine. Psychopharmacology. 2011 Apr;214(4):863-76.
- Chan JSW, Snoeren EM, Cuppen E, Waldinger MD, Olivier B, Oosting RS. The Serotonin Transporter plays an important role in male sexual behavior: a study in serotonin transporter knockout rats. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8 (2011), 97-108
- Snoeren E, Chan J, Bovens A, Cuppen E, Waldinger M, Olivier B, Oosting R. Serotonin Transporter Null Mutation and Sexual Behavior in Female Rats: 5-HT1A Receptor Desensitization. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7 (2010), 2424–34
- Chan JSW, Olivier B, de Jong TR, Snoeren EM, Kooijman E, van Hasselt FN, Limpens JHW, Kas MJH, Waldinger MD, Oosting RS. Translational research into sexual disorders: pharmacology and genomics. European Journal of Pharmacology, 585 (2008), 426-35
- Breuer ME, Chan JSW, Oosting RS, Groenink L, Korte SM,Campbell U, Schreiber R, Hanania T, Snoeren EM, Waldinger MD and Olivier B. The triple monoaminergic reuptake inhibitor DOV 216,303 has antidepressant effects in the rat olfactory bulbectomy model and lacks sexual side effects. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 18 (2008), 908-16
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