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Research interests
Motivated and passionate about investigating how the brain regulates glucose metabolism, with a main focus on the nucleus accumbens. My neuroscience and philosophy background aided me in developing my critical thinking and analytical ability.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Award Date: 29 Jan 2021
Master, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Award Date: 30 Aug 2019
Bachelor, Health and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Award Date: 31 Jul 2017
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Brain-Body Communication in Glucose Metabolism
van Irsen, A. A. S., Kalsbeek, A. & la Fleur, S. E., 2025, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer, Vol. 1477. p. 63-81 19 p. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; vol. 1477).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Dopamine in the nucleus accumbens shell controls systemic glucose metabolism via the lateral hypothalamus and hepatic vagal innervation in rodents
Diepenbroek, C., Rijnsburger, M., van Irsen, A. A. S., Eggels, L., Kisner, A., Foppen, E., Unmehopa, U. A., Berland, C., Dólleman, S., Hardonk, M., Cruciani-Guglielmacci, C. L., Faust, R. P., Wenning, R., Maya-Monteiro, C. M., Kalsbeek, A., Aponte, Y., Luquet, S., Serlie, M. J. M. & la Fleur, S. E., Jan 2024, In: Metabolism: clinical and experimental. 150, 155696.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Early-life stress lastingly impacts microglial transcriptome and function under basal and immune-challenged conditions
Reemst, K., Kracht, L., Kotah, J. M., Rahimian, R., van Irsen, A. A. S., Congrains Sotomayor, G., Verboon, L. N., Brouwer, N., Simard, S., Turecki, G., Mechawar, N., Kooistra, S. M., Eggen, B. J. L. & Korosi, A., 1 Dec 2022, In: Translational psychiatry. 12, 1, 507.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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