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Dr. A.D. (Antoin) de Weijer

Dr. A.D. (Antoin) de Weijer
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Dr. A.D. (Antoin) de Weijer

Role
Senior Research Scientist
Place of employment
CMH Utrecht

Biography

Antoin de Weijer was trained as an applied cognitive / neuropsychologist (BSc) and Neuroscientist (MSc) at Utrecht University. After his studies he conducted PhD research with Prof. dr. René Kahn and Prof. Iris Sommer at the Psychiatry department of the UMC Utrecht. There he researched auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques. After obtaining his doctorate, he worked for a number of years at Oxford University in the group of Heidi Johansen-Berg (FMRIB). There he focused on plasticity of the brain, for example by studying the learning behavior of rats and the changes in the brain with various neuroimaging techniques. After successively working as a science & business consultant and lecturer / researcher at Saxion, he started as Senior Researcher at the Brain Research and Innovation Centre in 2018.
In addition to his work for the Brain Research and Innovation Centre, Antoin is a reservist at the National Reserve Corps (Natres). 
 

Activities

Antoin has various activities within the Expertise Center, such as:
•    Research and supervision of doctoral research
•    Information & knowledge dissemination within the Ministry of Defence
•    Data management
•    Education (Biomedical Sciences Utrecht University)
Research topics that Antoin focuses on are:
•    Stress physiology
•    Smartwatches & Devices
•    Biofeedback & VR
•    Cognitive Enhancement
 

Publications

  • de Weijer AD, Sommer IE, Meijering AL, Bloemendaal M, Neggers SF, Daalman K, Boezeman, E. High frequency rTMS, a more effective treatment for Auditory Verbal Hallucinations?  Psychiatry Res. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.10.007
  • Geoffroy PA, Houenou J, Duhamel A, Amad, A, de Weijer AD, Ćurčić-Blake B, Linden DEJ, Thomas P, Jardri R. The arcuate fasciculus in auditory-verbal hallucinations: A meta-analysis of diffusion-tensor-imaging studies. Schiz. Res. Oct;159(1):234-7
  • de Weijer AD, Sommer IE, Bakker EJ, Bloemendaal M, Bakker CJ, Klomp, Bestmann S, Neggers SF. A setup for administering TMS to medial and lateral cortical areas during whole brain fMRI recording. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2014 Oct;31(5):474-87 
  • van Lutterveld R, van den Heuvel MP, Diederen KM, de Weijer AD, Begemann MJ, Brouwer RM, Daalman K, Blom JD, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. Cortical thickness in individuals with non-clinical and clinical psychotic symptoms. Brain. 2014 Oct;137(Pt 10):2664-9
  • Diederen KM, Neggers SF, de Weijer AD, van Lutterveld R, Daalman K, Eickhoff SB, Clos M, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. Aberrant resting-state connectivity in non-psychotic individuals with auditory hallucinations. Psychol Med. 2012 Nov 16:1-12.
  • de Weijer AD, Neggers SF, Diederen KM, Mandl RC, Kahn RS, Hulshoff Pol HE, Sommer IE. Aberrations in the arcuate fasciculus are associated with auditory verbal hallucinations in psychotic and in non-psychotic individual. Hum Brain Mapp. 2011 Nov 23 
  • Slotema CW, Blom JD, de Weijer AD, Hoek HW, Sommer IE. Priming does not enhance the efficacy of 1 hertz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations: results of a randomized controlled study. Brain Stimul. 2011 Oct 31
  • de Weijer AD, Mandl RC, Diederen KM, Neggers SF, Kahn RS, Hulshoff Pol HE, Sommer IE. Microstructural alterations of the arcuate fasciculus in schizophrenia patients with frequent auditory verbal hallucinations. Schizophr Res. 2011 Aug; 130(1-3), 68-77
  • Diederen KM, Daalman K, de Weijer AD, Neggers SF, van Gastel W, Blom JD, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. Auditory Hallucinations Elicit Similar Brain Activation in Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Individuals. Schizophr Bull. 2011 Apr 28.
  • Daalman K, Boks MP, Diederen KM, de Weijer AD, Blom JD, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. The same or different? A phenomenological comparison of auditory verbal hallucinations in healthy and psychotic individuals. J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;72(3):320-5.
  • Slotema CW, Blom JD, de Weijer AD, Diederen KM, Goekoop R, Looijestijn J, Daalman K, Rijkaart AM, Kahn RS, Hoek HW, Sommer IE. Can Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Really Relieve Medication-Resistant Auditory Verbal Hallucinations? Negative Results from a Large Randomized Controlled Trial. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Mar 1;69(5):450-6
  • Diederen KM, De Weijer AD, Daalman K, Blom JD, Neggers SF, Kahn RS, Sommer IE. Decreased language lateralization is characteristic of psychosis, not auditory hallucinations. Brain. 2010 Dec;133(Pt 12):3734-44.
  • de Weijer AD, Mandl RC, Sommer IE, Vink M, Kahn RS, Neggers SF. Human fronto-tectal and fronto-striatal-tectal pathways activate differently during anti-saccades. Front Hum Neurosci. 2010 May 26;4:41.
  • Sommer IE, Derwort AM, Daalman K, de Weijer AD, Liddle PF, Boks MP. Formal thought disorder in non-clinical individuals with auditory verbal hallucinations. Schizophr Res. 2010 May;118(1-3):140-5.
  • Schutter DJ, de Weijer AD, Meuwese JD, Morgan B, van Honk J. Interrelations between motivational stance, cortical excitability, and the frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry of emotion: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 May;29(5):574-80.
  • Sommer IE, de Weijer AD, Daalman K, Neggers SF, Somers M, Kahn RS, Slotema CW, Blom JD, Hoek HW, Aleman A. Can fMRI-guidance improve the efficacy of rTMS treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations? Schizophr Res. 2007 Jul;93(1-3):406-8.