Sarah Melzer
Member of the Young Academy since 2023
- Medical University of Vienna
Contact:
Sarah.melzer(at)meduniwien.ac.at
Orcid-ID:
0000-0001-6028-9764
Research Areas:
- Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
- Neurobiology
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
- European Brain and Behavior Societe (EBBS)
- Federation of Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Selected Prizes:
- ERC starting grant
- WWTF Vienna Research Grant
- DFG Research Fellowship
- EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
- German National Academic Foundation Fellowship
Selected Publications:
- Melzer S, Newmark E, Mizuno GO, Hyun M, PhilsonAC, Quiroli E, Righetti B, Gregory MR, Huang KW,Tian L, Sabatini BL: Bombesin-like peptide recruitsdisinhibitory cortical circuits and enhances fearmemories. Cell 2021, 184 (22): 5622-5634.
- Melzer S, Monyer H: Diversity and function of corticopetal and corticofugal GABAergic projection neurons. Nature Review Neuroscience 2020, 21: 499-515.
- Melzer S, Gil M, Koser DE, Michael M, Huang KW,Monyer H: Distinct corticostriatal GABAergic neuronsmodulate striatal output neurons and motor activity.Cell Reports 2017, 19 (5): 1045-1055.
- Leitner FC, Melzer S, Luetcke H, Pinna R, Seeburg PH, Helmchen F, Monyer H: Spatially segregated feedforward and feedback neurons support differential odor processing in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Nature Neuroscience 2016, 19 (7): 935-944.
- Melzer S, Michael M, Caputi A, Eliava M, Fuchs EC, Whittington MA, Monyer H: Long-range-projecting GABAergic neurons modulate inhibition in hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. Science 2012, 335 (6075): 1506-1510.