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Dr. R.E. (Rebecca) Nordquist

Associate Professor 
Veterinary Medicine
Department Population Health Sciences
Animals in Science & Society
Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare

Dr. R.E. (Rebecca) Nordquist

Associate Professor
Animal Welfare
r.e.nordquist1@uu.nl
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Areas of expertise
Research areas

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (2023). Brown and white layer pullet hybrids show different fear responses towards humans, but what role does light during incubation play in that? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 267, Article 106056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.106056
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (2023). Shining a light on laying hen cognition: effect of light during incubation depends on task and hybrid. 163. Abstract from 56th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., van den Brand, H., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., & Rodenburg, B. (2023). Green light during incubation: Effects on hatching characteristics in brown and white laying hens. Livestock Science, 274, 1-8. Article 105270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105270
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (Accepted/In press). Brown and white layer pullet hybrids show different fear responses towards humans, but what role does light during incubation play in that?. Abstract from XI European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, Prague, Czech Republic.
Zeinstra, E., Vernooij, H., Bentvelzen, M., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. (2023). Wool cortisol as putative retrospective indicator of stress in ewes during the third trimester of pregnancy, and their newborns: effects of parity and litter size — an exploratory study. Frontiers in Animal Science, 4, Article 1056726. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2023.1056726
Kliphuis, S., Manet, M. W. E., Goerlich, V. C., Nordquist, R. E., Vernooij, H., Brand, H. V. D., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, T. B. (2023). Early-life interventions to prevent feather pecking and reduce fearfulness in laying hens. Poultry Science, 102(8), Article 102801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102801
Tajonar, K., Gonzalez-Ronquillo, M., Relling, A., Nordquist, R. E., Nawroth, C., & Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E. (2023). Toward assessing the role of dietary fatty acids in lamb's neurological and cognitive development. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, Article 1081141. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1081141

2022

Scholarly publications

Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (Accepted/In press). High-lighting chicken welfare: the effects of hybrid and light during incubation on physiological stress and fear behaviour in young laying hens. Abstract from International Symposium of Avian Endocrinology 2022, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., van Putten, A., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Noldus, L., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (Accepted/In press). Brave breeds and brains under the spotlight: how do genetics and lighted incubation impact young laying hens stress responsivity?. Abstract from Advancing animal welfare science 2022, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Nordquist, R., Vernooij, H., Dull, C., Pascual, A., van der Linde, G., & Goerlich, V. (2022). The effects of transport of 18-day old hatching eggs on physiology and behaviour of slow growing broiler chicken. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 257, 1-10. Article 105789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105789
Goerlich, V., Schaake, W., van Dijk, M., Gentenaar, C., & Nordquist, R. (2022). Pigeons in the City -Counting feral pigeons as means to engage school children in life sciences. 76-76. Abstract from Living Knowlegde, Groningen, Netherlands.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423625/Pigeons_in_the_City.pdf?sequence=1
Nordquist, R., Dermody, B., Kamstra, J. H., Mughini Gras, L., Runhaar, H., Verburg, R., & de Vries, S. (2022). Assessing risk and building resilience to facilitate the transition towards circular food systems. Abstract from 28th annual ISDRS Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. https://2022.isdrsconferences.org/2022/06/08/book-of-abstracts-is-now-available/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423499/Pages_from_Updated_BookofAbstracts_ISDRS2022.pdf?sequence=1
Nordquist, R., Dermody, B., Kamstra, J. H., Mughini Gras, L., Runhaar, H., Verburg, R., & de Vries, S. (2022). Assessing risk and building resilience to accelerate the transition towards circular food systems‬. Abstract from Conference Circular@WUR, Wageningen, Netherlands. https://library-wur-nl.proxy.library.uu.nl/ojs/index.php/CircularWUR2022/article/view/18276
Kliphuis, S., Manet, M., Goerlich, V., Nordquist, R., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (2022). Light & larvae as early-life interventions to prevent feather pecking in laying hens. 105. Abstract from 55th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Ohrid, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422820/Kliphuis_et_al._2022_ISAE.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Nordquist, R., Dull, C., Pascual, A. S., van der Linde, G., & Goerlich, V. (2021). Transport of 18-day old hatching eggs - effects on physiology and behaviour in broiler chicken. Abstract from ISAE East-West Central joint Regional Conference 2021.
Nordquist, R. (2021). Behavioural tests for learning and cognition in humans and animals. In I. Camerlink (Ed.), Bridging research disciplines to advance animal welfare science: A practical guide (pp. 141-156). CABI International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247893.0009
Slegers, Y., Oolbekkink, Y., Roelofs, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. (2021). Effects of Birth Order on Performance and Affective State of Pigs. Frontiers in Animal Science, 2, 1-13. Article 669692. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2021.669692
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (2021). Brave breeds and brains under the spotlight how do light during incubation and genetics impact young laying hens stress responsivity?. Poster session presented at Recent advances in welfare science VIII (UFAW).
Manet, M., Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Noldus, L., Tuyttens, F. A. M., & Rodenburg, B. (Accepted/In press). Influence of genetics and light during incubation on stress responsivity in young laying hens. Abstract from 54th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE).
van Eerdenburg, F. J. C. M., Hof, T., Doeve, B., Ravesloot, L., Zeinstra, E. C., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2021). The Relation between Hair-Cortisol Concentration and Various Welfare Assessments of Dutch Dairy Farms. Animals, 11(3), Article 821. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030821

Professional publications

Nordquist, R. (2021). Das Management in der Aufzuchtphase und kognitive Fähigkeiten bei Schweinen und Geflügel. In Kognition bei Nutztieren (pp. 14-15). (IGN Spezial ; Vol. 21). Internationale Gesellschaft für Nutztierhaltung.

2020

Scholarly publications

Kliphuis, S., Nordquist, R., Goerlich, V., Rodenburg, B., & Manet, M. (2020). Black Soldier Fly larvae as enrichment for layer chicks: a pilot. Abstract from ISAE Benelux conference 2020 (online).
Rodenburg, T. B., van Gerwen, M., Meijer, E., Tobias, T. J., Giersberg, M. F., Goerlich, V. C., Nordquist, R. E., Meijboom, F. L. B., & Arndt, S. S. (2020). End the cage age: looking for alternatives: Overview of alternatives to cage systems and the impact on animal welfare and other aspects of sustainability. European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, policy Department C: citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415340/IPOL_STU_2020_658539_EN_3_.pdf?sequence=1
Meléndez, D. M., Nordquist, R. E., Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J., & van der Staay, F. J. (2020). Spatial memory deficits after vincristine-induced lesions to the dorsal hippocampus. PLoS One, 15(4), Article e0231941. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231941
Nordquist, R. E., Zeinstra, E. C., Dougherty, A., & Riber, A. B. (2020). Effects of Dark Brooder Rearing and Age on Hypothalamic Vasotocin and Feather Corticosterone Levels in Laying Hens. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, Article 19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00019

Professional publications

Zeinstra, E., Bentvelzen, M., Vernooij, J. C. M., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2020). Detectie van cortisol in haren of wol - het belang van de toegepaste was methode. Biotechniek, 59(4), 36-44. https://www.dalas.nl/pdown/445

2019

Scholarly publications

Roelofs, S., Meijer, E., Baas, V., Dobrovolski, M., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Neurological functioning and fear responses in low and normal birth weight piglets. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 220, Article 104853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2019.104853
Trus, I., Udenze, D., Cox, B., Berube, N., Nordquist, R. E., van der Staay, F. J., Huang, Y., Kobinger, G., Safronetz, D., Gerdts, V., & Karniychuk, U. (2019). Subclinical in utero Zika virus infection is associated with interferon alpha sequelae and sex-specific molecular brain pathology in asymptomatic porcine offspring. PLoS Pathogens, 15(11), Article e1008038. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008038
van Eerdenburg, F. J. C. M., Hof, T., Doeve, B., Ravesloot, L., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2019). The relation between hair-cortisol concentration and various welfare assessment protocols in Dutch dairy farms. Abstract from International Society of Animal Hygiene, Wroclaw, Poland.
van Eerdenburg, F. J. C. M., Hof, T., Doeve, B., Ravesloot, L., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2019). The relation between hair-cortisol concentration and various welfare assessment protocols in Dutch dairy farms.. Abstract from Advancing Animal Welfare Science: How Do We Get There? – Who Is It Good For? [UFAW International Animal Welfare Science Symposium, Bruges, Belgium.
Goerlich, V. C., Dull, C., Pascual, A., van der Linde, G., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Transport of 18-day old hatching eggs – effects on behaviour and physiology of broiler chicken?. Poster session presented at
Veterinary Science Day, Veterinary Faculty, UU.
Goerlich, V. C., Dull, C., Pascual, A., van der Linde, G., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Transport of 18-day old hatching eggs - effects on physiology and behaviour in broiler chicken?. Poster session presented at World's Poultry Science Association, Tours, France.
Hewlett, S. E., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Effects of Maternal Care During Rearing in White Leghorn and Brown Nick Layer Hens on Cognition, Sociality and Fear. Animals, 9(7), Article 454. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9070454
Roelofs, S., Alferink, F. A. C., Ipema, A. F., van de Pas, T., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Discrimination learning and judgment bias in low birth weight pigs. Animal Cognition, 22(5), 657-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01262-5
Roelofs, S., Godding, L., de Haan, J. R., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2019). Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring. Physiology & behavior, 201, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.12.014
von Eugen, K., Nordquist, R. E., Zeinstra, E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2019). Stocking Density Affects Stress and Anxious Behavior in the Laying Hen Chick During Rearing. Animals, 9(2), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9020053

2018

Scholarly publications

Witjes, V. L., Eicher, P., Roelofs, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2018). Birth weight and holeboard performance of first- and lastborn piglets. 5. Abstract from International Society for Applied Ethology Benelux regional meeting 2018, Geel, Belgium.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415589/Pages_from_Booklet_ISAE_Benelux_2018.pdf?sequence=1
Roelofs, S., van Bommel, I., Melis, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2018). Low birth weight impairs acquisition of spatial memory task in pigs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5(JUN), Article 142. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00142

2017

Scholarly publications

Roelofs, S., van Bommel, I., Melis, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2017). Effects of birth weight and gender on spatial learning and memory in pigs. In Proceedings of the 51st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (pp. 170)
Roelofs, S., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2017). Improving judgement bias tasks for measuring emotional state in pigs. In Measuring Animal Welfare and Applying Scientific Advances: Why Is It Still So Difficult? UFAW International Animal Welfare Science Symposium (pp. 22) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26610.20162
Ipema, A. F., Roelofs, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2017). Low birth weight impairs discrimination learning ability and causes a moderately negative judgement bias in pigs (Sus scrofa). In Proceedings of the Benelux ISAE conference 2017 (pp. 14)
Roelofs, S., Murphy, E., Ni, H., Gieling, E., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2017). Validating judgment bias as an independent measure of emotion in pigs. In Proceedings of the Benelux ISAE conference 2017 (pp. 16)
van der Staay, F. J., van Zutphen, J. A., de Ridder, M. M., & Nordquist, R. E. (2017). Effects of environmental enrichment on decision-making behavior in pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 194, 14–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.05.006
van der Staay, F. J., Nordquist, R. E., & Arndt, S. S. (2017). Large farm animal models of human neurobehavioral and psychiatric disorders: Methodological and practical considerations. In P. M. Conn (Ed.), Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease (2 ed., pp. 71-100). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809468-6.00003-6
Nordquist, R. E., Meijer, E., van der Staay, F. J., & Arndt, S. S. (2017). Pigs as model species to investigate effects of early life events on later behavioral and neurological functions. In P. M. Conn (Ed.), Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease (2 ed., pp. 1003-1030). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809468-6.00039-5
Roelofs, S., Murphy, E., Ni, H., Gieling, E., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2017). Judgement bias in pigs is independent of performance in a spatial holeboard task and conditional discrimination learning. Animal Cognition, 20(4), 739-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1095-5
Roelofs, S., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2017). Female and male pigs' performance in a spatial holeboard and judgment bias task. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 191, 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.01.016
Nordquist, R. E., van der Staay, F. J., van Eerdenburg, F. J. C. M., Velkers, F. C., Fijn, L., & Arndt, S. S. (2017). Mutilating procedures, management practices, and housing conditions that may affect the welfare of farm animals: Implications for welfare research. Animals, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7020012

2016

Scholarly publications

Roelofs, S., Melendez Suarez, D., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2016). Sex effects on cognitive performance of pigs in a spatial holeboard task. In Proceedings of the Benelux ISAE conference 2016 (pp. 21)
van Eck, L. M., Antonides, A., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2016). Testing post-weaning food motivation in low and normal birth weight pigs in a runway and operant conditioning task. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 181, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.05.010
Fijn, L., Antonides, A., Aalderink, D., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2016). Does litter size affect emotionality, spatial learning and memory in piglets? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 178, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.02.011
Antonides, A., van Laarhoven, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2016). Non-anemic Iron Deficiency from Birth to Weaning Does Not Impair Growth or Memory in Piglets. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [E], 10, Article 112. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00112
Roelofs, S., Boleij, H., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2016). Making Decisions under Ambiguity: Judgment Bias Tasks for Assessing Emotional State in Animals. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [E], 10, Article 119. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00119
Tahamtani, F. M., Nordgreen, J., Brantsæter, M., Østby, G. C., Nordquist, R. E., & Janczak, A. M. (2016). Does Early Environmental Complexity Influence Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the Chicken Hippocampus and "Prefrontal" Caudolateral Nidopallium? Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 3, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2016.00008
van der Staay, F. J., Schoonderwoerd, A. J., Stadhouders, B., & Nordquist, R. E. (2016). Overnight Social Isolation in Pigs Decreases Salivary Cortisol but Does Not Impair Spatial Learning and Memory or Performance in a Decision-Making Task. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2, 1-13. Article 81. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00081
Grimberg-Henrici, C. G. E., Vermaak, P., Elizabeth Bolhuis, J., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2016). Effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive performance of pigs in a spatial holeboard discrimination task. Animal Cognition, 271–283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0932-7

2015

Scholarly publications

Roelofs, S., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2015). Female and male pigs' performance in a judgment bias task. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Pig Welfare (pp. 122) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11510.70722
Antonides, A., Schoonderwoerd, A. C., Scholz, G., Berg, B. M., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2015). Pre-weaning dietary iron deficiency impairs spatial learning and memory in the cognitive holeboard task in piglets. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [E], 9, Article 291. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00291
Zeinstra, E. C., Oeben, L., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2015). Methoden voor de bepaling van corticosteron in veren en cortisol in haren als mogelijke lange-termijn indicator voor dierenwelzijn. Biotechniek, 54(4), 17-22.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/330823/Zeinstra_et_al_Biotechniek_2015_54_4_17_22_.pdf?sequence=1
Antonides, S., A.C., S., Nordquist, R., & van der Staay, F. J. (2015). Very low birth weight piglets show improved cognitive performance in the spatial cognitive holeboard task. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience [E], 9(43). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00043
Tahamtani, F. M., Nordgreen, J., Nordquist, R., & Janczak, A. M. (2015). Early life in a barren environment adversely affects spatial cognition in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00003
Murphy, E., Kraak, L., van den Broek, J., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2015). Decision-making under risk and ambiguity in low-birth-weight pigs. Animal Cognition, 18(2), 561-572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0825-1

2014

Scholarly publications

Hewlett, S. E., Zeinstra, E. C., van Eerdenburg, F. J. C. M., Rodenburg, T., van Kooten, P. J. S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2014). Hypothalamic vasotocin and tyrosine hydroxylase levels following maternal care and selection for low mortality in laying hens. BMC Veterinary Research, 10, 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-10-167
Gieling, E. T., Mijdam, E., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2014). Lack of mirror use by pigs to locate food. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 154, 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2014.02.016
Gieling, E. T., Antonides, A., Fink-Gremmels, J., Ter Haar, K., Kuller, W. I., Meijer, E., Nordquist, R. E., Stouten, J. M., Zeinstra, E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2014). Chronic allopurinol treatment during the last trimester of pregnancy in sows: effects on low and normal birth weight offspring. PLoS One, 9(1), e86396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086396
Murphy, E. M., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2014). A review of behavioural methods to study emotion and mood in pigs, Sus scrofa. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 159, 9-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2014.08.002
van der Staay, F. J., Arndt, S. S., & Nordquist, R. E. (2014). Developing mouse models of neurobehavioral disorders: when is a model a good model? In W. E. Crusio, F. Sluyter, R. T. Gerlai, & S. Pietropaolo (Eds.), Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse (Vol. 2, pp. 4-17). (Cambridge Handbooks in Behavioural Genetics; No. 2). Cambridge University Press.

2013

Scholarly publications

Murphy, E. M., Kraak, L., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2013). Successive and conditional discrimination learning in pigs. Animal Cognition, 16(6), 883-893. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0621-3
Murphy, E. M., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2013). Responses of conventional pigs and Göttingen miniature pigs in an active choice judgement bias task. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 148(1-2), 64-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2013.07.011
Nordquist, R. E., Zeinstra, E. C., Rodenburg, T. B., & van der Staay, F. J. (2013). Effects of maternal care and selection for low mortality on tyrosine hydroxylase concentrations and cell soma size in hippocampus and nidopallium caudolaterale in adult laying hen. Journal of Animal Science, 91(1), 137-146. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-5227
Rodenburg, T. B., van KRIMPEN, M. M., de Jong, I. C., de Haas, E. N., Kops, M. S., RIEDSTRA, B. J., Nordquist, R. E., Wagenaar, J. P., Bestmann, M., & NICOL, C. J. (2013). The prevention and control of feather pecking in laying hens: identifying the underlying principles. World's Poultry Science Journal, 69(02), 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043933913000354
Gieling, E. T., Wehkamp, W., Willigenburg, R., Nordquist, R. E., Ganderup, N., & van der Staay, F. J. (2013). Performance of conventional pigs and Göttingen miniature pigs in a spatial holeboard task: effects of the putative muscarinic cognition impairer Biperiden. Behavioural and Brain Functions, 9(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-9-4

2012

Scholarly publications

Gieling, E. T., Park, S. Y., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2012). Cognitive performance of low- and normal-birth-weight piglets in a spatial hole-board discrimination task. Pediatric Research, 71(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.5
Gieling, E. T., Musschenga, M. A., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2012). Juvenile pigs use simple geometric 2D shapes but not portrait photographs of conspecifics as visual discriminative stimuli. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 142, 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.018
van der Staay, F. J., Gieling, E. T., Espitia Pinzón, N., Nordquist, R. E., & Ohl, F. (2012). The appetitively motivated “cognitive” holeboard: A family of complex spatial discrimination tasks for assessing learning and memory. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 36, 379-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.07.008
Salomons, A. R., Pinzon, N. E., Boleij, H., Kirchhoff, S., Arndt, S. S., Nordquist, R. E., Lindemann, L., Jaeschke, G., Spooren, W., & Ohl, F. (2012). Differential effects of diazepam and MPEP on habituation and neuro-behavioural processes in inbred mice. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 8(30), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-8-30
Angevaare, M. J., Prins, S., van der Staay, F. J., & Nordquist, R. E. (2012). The effect of maternal care and infrared beak trimming on development, performance and behavior of Silver Nick hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 140, 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2012.05.004

Professional publications

Gieling, E. T., Arts, J., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2012). Measuring spatial discrimination performance in (mini) pigs using the cognitive holeboard task. Newsletter / Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, 38, 4-7.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/274565/Pages%2520from%25202012-89.pdf?sequence=3
Gieling, E. T., Nordquist, R. E., Arts, J., & van der Staay, F. J. (2012). Meten van ruimtelijk leren en geheugen van varkens in de holeboardtaak. Biotechniek, 51(1), 19-23.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/275134/2012-90.pdf?sequence=1

2011

Scholarly publications

Gieling, E. T., Schuurman, T., Nordquist, R. E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2011). The Pig as a Model Animal for Studying Cognition and Neurobehavioral Disorders. In J. J. Hagan (Ed.), Molecular and Functional Models in Neuropsychiatry (pp. 360-378). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2010_112
Nordquist, R. E., Heerkens, J. L. T., Rodenburg, T. B., Ellen, E., & van der Staay, F. J. (2011). Laying hens selected for low mortality: Behaviour in tests of fearfulness, anxiety and cognition. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 131, 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.02.008

2010

Scholarly publications

van der Staay, F. J., Arndt, S. S., & Nordquist, R. E. (2010). The standardization-generalization dilemma: a way out. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 9(8), 849-855. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00628.x
Nordquist, R. E., Ballard, T. M., Algeyer, B., Pauly-Evers, M., Ozmen, L., & Spooren, W. (2010). Pharmacological characterization of senktide-induced tail whips. Neuropharmacology, 58(1), 259-267.

Professional publications

van der Staay, F. J., Arndt, S. S., & Nordquist, R. E. (2010). Is standaardisatie van Dierexperimenten een oorzaak van povere generaliseerbaarheid van resultaten? Biotechniek, 49(5), 183-193.

2009

Scholarly publications

van der Staay, F. J., Pouzet, B., Mahieu, M., Nordquist, R. E., & Schuurman, T. (2009). The d-amphetamine treated Göttingen miniature pig: an animal model for assessing behavioral effects of antipsychotics. Psychopharmacology, 206, 715-729.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/39363/65.pdf?sequence=1
van der Staay, F. J., Arndt, S. S., & Nordquist, R. E. (2009). Evaluation of animal models of neurobehavioral disorders. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 5, 11. http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/5/1/11
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/39240/BehavBrF2009%2520vdStaay%2520et%2520al.pdf?sequence=1

2008

Scholarly publications

Nordquist, R. E., Durkin, S., Jacquet, A., & Spooren, W. (2008). The tachykinin NK3 receptor agonist senktide induces locomotor activity in male Mongolian gerbils. European Journal of Pharmacology, 600, 87-92.
Nordquist, R. E., Delenclos, M., Balard, T. M., Savignac, H., Pauly, M., Ozmen, L., & Spooren, W. (2008). Cognitive performance in neurokinin 3 receptor knockout mice. Psychopharmacology, 198, 211-220.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/32034/3.pdf?sequence=1
Nordquist, R. E., Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J., Jonker, A. J., Bergsma, M., de Vries, T. J., Pennartz, C. M., & Voorn, P. (2008). Expression of amphetamine sensitization is associated with recruitment of a reactive neuronal population in the nucleus accumbens core. Psychopharmacology, 198(1), 113-126.
Nordquist, R. E., Steckler, T., Wettstein, J. G., Mackie, C., & Spooren, W. (2008). Metabotropic glutamate receptor modulation, translational methods, and biomarkers: relationships with anxiety. Psychopharmacology, 199, 389-402.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/32035/4.pdf?sequence=1
Nordquist, R. E., Savignac, H., Pauly, M., Walker, G., Knoflach, F., Borroni, E., Glaentzlin, P., Bohrmann, B., Messer, J., Ozmen, L., Albientz, A., & Spooren, W. (2008). Characterization of behavioural response to amphetamine, tyrosine hydroxylase levels and dopamine receptor levels in Neurokinin 3 receptor knockout mice. Behavioural Pharmacology, 19, 518-529.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/32144/56.pdf?sequence=1

2007

Scholarly publications

Nordquist, R. E., Voorn, P., de Mooij - van Malsen, J. G., Joosten, R. N., Pennartz, C. M., & Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J. (2007). Augmented reinforcer value and accelerated habit formation after repeated amphetamine treatment. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17(8), 532-540.

2006

Professional publications

Matthys, W. C. H. J., Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J., Nordquist, R. E., & Zonnevylle-Bender, M. J. S. (2006). Factoren die bij kinderen en adolescenten een risico vormen voor gebruik, misbruik en afhankelijkheid van middelen. (Verslaving ed.) ZonMw, Programma Verslaving.

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