Publications & Presentations in the therapeutic area :

Acute dopamine inhibition challenge

Stevens J., Ploeger B.A., Hammarlund-Udenaes M., Osswald G., van der Graaf P.H., Danhof M. and de Lange E.C., Mechanism-based PK-PD model for the prolactin biological system response following an acute dopamine inhibition challenge: quantitative extrapolation to humans, J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn., 39(5): 463-477. doi: 410.1007/s10928-10012-19262-10924. Epub 12012 Jul 10912., 2012. [Link to publication]

Regional brain distribution kinetics in rats

Westerhout J., Ploeger B., Smeets J., Danhof M. and de Lange E.C., Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling to investigate regional brain distribution kinetics in rats, Aaps J., 14(3): 543-553. doi: 510.1208/s12248-12012-19366-12241. Epub 12012 May 12217., 2012. [Link to publication]

Evaluation of blood-brain barrier transport and CNS drug metabolism

Ravenstijn P.G., Drenth H.J., O’Neill M.J., Danhof M. and de Lange E.C., Evaluation of blood-brain barrier transport and CNS drug metabolism in diseased and control brain after intravenous L-DOPA in a unilateral rat model of Parkinson’s disease, Fluids Barriers CNS., 9:4.(doi): 10.1186/2045-8118-1189-1184., 2012. [Link to publication]

Challenges in Non-Clinical Assessment of Antisense Oligonucleotides

Maanen E.V., Challenges in Non-Clinical Assessment of Antisense Oligonucleotides: Modelling Perspectives. AAPS (National Biotechnology Conference).(2011)

Drug-induced sleep fragmentation

Diack C., Ackaert O., Ploeger B.A., Graaf  P.H.v.d., Gurrell R., Ivarsson M. and Fairman D., A hidden Markov model to assess drug-induced sleep fragmentation in the telemetered rat, J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn, 10: 10, 2011. [Link to publication]

A true Markov model for sleep disturbance

Diack  C., Ackaert O., Ploeger B., Graaf P.v.d., Gurrell R., Ivarsson M. and Fairman D., A true Markov model for sleep disturbance. PAGE.(2010). [Link to publication]

Estimation of binding rate constants

Benson N., Snelder N., Ploeger B., Napier C., Sale H., Birdsall N.J., Butt R.P. and  Graaf P.H.v.d., Estimation of binding rate constants using a simultaneous mixed-effects method: application to monoamine transporter reuptake inhibitor reboxetine, Br J Pharmacol., 160(2): 389-398., 2010. [Link to publication]

Washout and delayed start designs for identifying disease modifying effects

Ploeger B.A. and Holford N.H., Washout and delayed start designs for identifying disease modifying effects in slowly progressive diseases using disease progression analysis, Pharm Stat., 8(3): 225-238., 2009. [Link to publication]

Changes in GABAA receptor properties in amygdala kindled animals

Liefaard L.C., Ploeger B.A., Molthoff C.F., Jong H.W.d, Dijkstra J., Weerd L.v.d., Lammertsma A.A., Danhof M. and Voskuyl R.A., Changes in GABAA receptor properties in amygdala kindled animals: in vivo studies using [11C]flumazenil and positron emission tomography, Epilepsia., 50(1): 88-98., 2009.  [Link to publication]

Are Wash-Out Designs Better than Delayed Start Designs?

Ploeger B. and Holford N.H., Are Wash-Out Designs Better than Delayed Start Designs? ACOP.(2008).