Elseline Hoekzema, Ph.D.
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Elseline Hoekzema, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Adult Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Neuroscience
University Medical Center of Amsterdam / University of Leiden, the Netherlands
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Dr. Elseline Hoekzema's research interests focus on brain plasticity in the peripartum period, and in her research group at the Amsterdam UMC they investigate how pregnancy changes the human brain. Her previous work includes studies of human and rodent brain plasticity in response to various internal and external triggers, reflecting an interest in the capacity of the brain to change. In the last several years, she has specialized in peripartum brain plasticity and the study of how pregnancy and motherhood alter a woman's brain. Pregnancy represents a monumental life transition and a highly extreme endocrine event, and animal studies have demonstrated reproduction-related neural and behavioral changes that are evident across the lifespan. Dr. Hoekzema has previously shown for the first time that pregnancy renders long-lasting changes in the human brain. In her research group at the Amsterdam UMC, they study how becoming a mother changes the anatomy, microstructure and function of the brain, what biological or other factors are driving these changes and what the functional implications are for the mother-infant dyad. She directs a line of research that investigates this neurobiological transition, first at Leiden University and now at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. Dr. Hoekzema's work on this topic has primarily been supported by the European Research Council (ERC), the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Brain and Behavior Foundation. For more information about her work, see www.hoekzemalab.nl.
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