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45867
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847
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Hannah Monyer is a researcher affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their work primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Developmental Neuroscience. The researcher has also contributed to Molecular Biology and Genetics within their broader academic endeavors.

The main areas of study in their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nerve Injury and Regeneration
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Some of Hannah Monyer's recent scientific papers include:

  • "Mast cells link immune sensing to antigen-avoidance behaviour", 2023, Nature
  • "Diversity and function of corticopetal and corticofugal GABAergic projection neurons", 2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • "Neuronal signatures in cancer", 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer", 2025, Nature
  • "Septal cholinergic input to CA2 hippocampal region controls social novelty discrimination via nicotinic receptor-mediated disinhibition", 2021, eLife

Hannah Monyer has frequently collaborated with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Duncan A. A. MacLaren (8 co-authored works)
  • Julieta Alfonso (7 co-authored works)
  • Ting-Yun Yen (7 co-authored works)
  • Isabel Barriuso-Ortega (6 co-authored works)
  • Xu Huang (5 co-authored works)

The researcher's publications are often found in specific scientific venues, highlighting the importance of certain journals and repositories in their field. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (3 publications)
  • Cell Reports (3 publications)
  • Neuron (3 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Hannah Monyer has received several awards:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2016)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Neurosciences (2005)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Developmental and regional expression in the rat brain and functional properties of four NMDA receptors.

    Hannah Monyer;Nail Burnashev;David J. Laurie;Bert Sakmann

  • Heteromeric NMDA receptors: Molecular and functional distinction of subtypes

    Hannah Monyer;Rolf Sprengel;Ralf Schoepfer;Anne Herb

  • The distribution of 13 GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in the rat brain − I. Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon

    William Wisden;David J. Laurie;Hannah Monyer;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Divalent ion permeability of AMPA receptor channels is dominated by the edited form of a single subunit

    Nail Burnashev;Hannah Monyer;Peter H. Seeburg;Bert Sakmann

  • Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurons in rat CNS

    Jörg R. P. Geiger;Thorsten Melcher;Duk Su Koh;Bert Sakmann

  • Structural determinants of ion flow through recombinant glutamate receptor channels.

    Todd A. Verdoorn;Nail Burnashev;Hannah Monyer;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Control of kinetic properties of AMPA receptor channels by nuclear RNA editing

    Hilda Lomeli;Johannes Mosbacher;Thorsten Melcher;Thomas Höger

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Pannexins, a family of gap junction proteins expressed in brain

    Roberto Bruzzone;Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Michael T. Barbe;Anne Herb

  • Differences in Ca2+ permeability of AMPA-type glutamate receptor channels in neocortical neurons caused by differential GluR-B subunit expression

    Peter Jonas;Claudia Racca;Bert Sakmann;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety

    David M. Bannerman;Rolf Sprengel;David J. Sanderson;Stephen B. McHugh

  • NR2A subunit expression shortens NMDA receptor synaptic currents in developing neocortex

    Alexander C. Flint;Ulrike S. Maisch;Ulrike S. Maisch;Jochen H. Weishaupt;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • A molecular determinant for submillisecond desensitization in glutamate receptors

    J. Mosbacher;R. Schoepfer;Hannah Monyer;N. Burnashev

  • Glutamate-operated channels: Developmentally early and mature forms arise by alternative splicing

    Hannah Monyer;Peter H. Seeburg;William Wisden

  • Cerebellar GABAA receptor selective for a behavioural alcohol antagonist

    Hartmut Lüddens;Dolan B. Pritchett;Dolan B. Pritchett;Martin Köhler;Iris Killisch

  • Fast synaptic inhibition promotes synchronized gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks.

    Marlene Bartos;Imre Vida;Michael Frotscher;Axel Meyer

  • Recruitment of parvalbumin-positive interneurons determines hippocampal function and associated behavior.

    Elke C. Fuchs;Aleksandar R. Zivkovic;Mark O. Cunningham;Steven Middleton

  • Control by asparagine residues of calcium permeability and magnesium blockade in the NMDA receptor

    N Burnashev;R Schoepfer;H Monyer;JP Ruppersberg

  • NMDA Receptor Ablation on Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons Impairs Hippocampal Synchrony, Spatial Representations, and Working Memory

    Tatiana Korotkova;Elke C. Fuchs;Alexey Ponomarenko;Jakob von Engelhardt

  • Impaired electrical signaling disrupts gamma frequency oscillations in connexin 36-deficient mice.

    Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Isabel Pais;Fiona E.N. LeBeau;Stephen K. Towers

Frequent Co-Authors

Nail Burnashev
Nail Burnashev Aix-Marseille University
Miles A. Whittington
Miles A. Whittington University of York
Roger D. Traub
Roger D. Traub IBM (United States)
William Wisden
William Wisden Imperial College London
Peter Jonas
Peter Jonas Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Fiona E. N. LeBeau
Fiona E. N. LeBeau Newcastle University
Reto Weiler
Reto Weiler Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Javier DeFelipe
Javier DeFelipe Technical University of Madrid
Dennis W. Choi
Dennis W. Choi Stony Brook University
Georg Köhr
Georg Köhr Heidelberg University

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