ZFIN Person: Wright, Melissa

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-051021-1

Wright, Melissa

Email:	Melissa.Wright@UCHSC.edu
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Affiliation:	Ribera Lab
Address:	Department of Physiology and Biophysics Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons University of Colorado Medical School PO Box 6511, Mail Stop F8307 Aurora, CO 80045 USA
Country:	United States
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Karuppasamy, M., English, K.G., Henry, C.A., Manzini, M.C., Parant, J.M., Wright, M.A., Ruparelia, A.A., Currie, P.D., Gupta, V.A., Dowling, J.J., Maves, L., Alexander, M.S. (2024) Standardization of zebrafish drug testing parameters for muscle diseases. Disease models & mechanisms. 17(1):

Wright, M.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2010) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates non-cell-autonomous regulation of sensory neuron position and identity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 30(43):14513-14521

Wright, M.A., Mo, W., Nicolson, T., and Ribera, A.B. (2010) In vivo evidence for transdifferentiation of peripheral neurons. Development (Cambridge, England). 137(18):3047-3056

Fein, A.J., Wright, M.A., Slat, E.A., Ribera, A.B., and Isom, L.L. (2008) scn1bb, a Zebrafish Ortholog of SCN1B Expressed in Excitable and Nonexcitable Cells, Affects Motor Neuron Axon Morphology and Touch Sensitivity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 28(47):12510-12522

Pineda, R.H., Svoboda, K.R., Wright, M.A., Taylor, A.D., Novak, A.E., Gamse, J.T., Eisen, J.S., and Ribera, A.B. (2006) Knockdown of Nav1.6a Na+ channels affects zebrafish motoneuron development. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(19):3827-3836

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS