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Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann

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Neurologist

Senior Consultant

Graduation, Diploma, Diploma,

Freiburg, Germany

Works at Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg

16 years of experience

About Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann

  • Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann is a Neurologist with 16+ years in the field.
  • She is a member of the "SFB 596 Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration" since 2009 and has won the Emmy Noether Career Development Grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG in 2009.
  • She has a professional society membership of the Society of Neuroscience.
  • She pursued her undergraduate and graduate studies of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany in 1993, M.S. (Diplom) Thesis at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the USA with Prof. John Wayne Aldridge in 1999, and M.S. (Diploma) in Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
  • Dr. Melanie also has a PhD Thesis at the University of Basel, Switzerland with Prof. Mathias Jucker and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
  • She has a Postdoctoral fellow at the Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany, with Prof. Mathias Jucker and another one at the Massachusetts General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, with Prof. Bradley T. Hyman.
  • She has several publications to her credit in prestigious national and international journals.

Location Location

Freiburg, Germany

Special Interest

Neurodegenerative Diseases Plaque development Neurodegeneration Intracerebral injections Two-photon microscopy Immuno-histology Behavioral experiments with rodents: Real and VR mazes Peri-operative and near-infrared monitoring

Work Experience of Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann

Consultant, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany

Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann's

  • Graduation, 1993, Biology at the Universityof Freiburg, Germany
  • Diploma, 1999, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
  • Diploma, 2000, University of Freiburg, Germany

  • Bachhuber T, Katzmarski N, McCarter JF, Loreth D, Tahirovic S, Kamp F, Abou-Ajram C, Nuscher B, Serrano-Pozo A, Müller A, Prinz M, Steiner H, Hyman BT, Haass C, Meyer-Luehmann M. Inhibition of amyloid-beta plaque formation by alpha-synuclein. Nat Med. 2015; 21(7):802-7.
  • Meyer-Luehmann M, Spires-Jones TL, Prada C, Garcia-Alloza M, de Calignon A, Rozkalne A, Koenigsknecht-Talboo J, Holtzman DM, Bacskai BJ, Hyman BT. Rapid appearance and local toxicity of amyloid-beta plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Nature. 2008; 451(7179):720-4.
  • Meyer-Luehmann M, Coomaraswamy J, Bolmont T, Kaeser S, Schaefer C, Kilger E, Neuenschwander A, Abramowski D, Frey P, Jaton AL, Vigouret JM, Paganetti P, Walsh DM, Mathews PM, Ghiso J, Staufenbiel M, Walker LC, Jucker M. Exogenous induction of cerebral beta-amyloidogenesis is governed by agent and host. Science. 2006; 313(5794):1781-4.
  • Meyer-Luehmann M, Stalder M, Herzig MC, Kaeser SA, Kohler E, Pfeifer M, Boncristiano S, Mathews PM, Mercken M, Abramowski D, Staufenbiel M, Jucker M. Extracellular amyloid formation and associated pathology in neural grafts. Nat Neurosci. 2003; 6(4):370-7.

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Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann practices at Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann specialty is Neurologist

Prof. Dr. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann is Neurologist with 16 years of experience.

More About Neurologist

A neurologist diagnosis, treats and deals with the management of injuries, diseases, and disorders of the nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Memory problems or confusion, Problems in speaking, changes in personality, or confusion are all symptoms that could be caused by disorders or problems in the brain, spine, and nerves.

Neurological examination assesses motor and sensory skills, hearing, speech, vision, coordination, and balance. It may also test mental status, mood, and behavior using tools such as a tuning fork, flashlight, reflex hammer, and a tool for examining the eye.

Both neurologists and neurosurgeons treat people who have conditions that affect the nervous system. However, neurosurgeons operate surgically, whereas neurologists do not.

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