Thorsten Melcher

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Melcher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Melcher has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Melcher's work include RNA regulation and disease (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Thorsten Melcher is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Thorsten Melcher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thorsten Melcher's co-authors include Miyoko Higuchi, Hannah Monyer, Stefan Maas, Peter H. Seeburg, P. H. Seeburg, Duk-Su Koh, Bert Sakmann, Jörg R. P. Geiger, Péter Jónás and Anne Herb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Melcher

16 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurons in rat CNS
    1995 1.0k citations Jörg R. P. Geiger, Thorsten Melcher et al. Neuron profile →
  2. Control of Kinetic Properties of AMPA Receptor Channels by Nuclear RNA Editing
    1994 619 citations Hilda Lomelı́, Johannes Mosbacher et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thorsten Melcher Germany 14 2.5k 1.5k 413 360 306 17 3.5k
Herman Moreno United States 26 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 520 1.3× 653 1.8× 326 1.1× 44 3.5k
L.B. Hersh United States 36 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 556 1.3× 603 1.7× 216 0.7× 76 3.5k
Duk-Su Koh United States 23 1.8k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 501 1.2× 210 0.6× 289 0.9× 44 3.1k
Alaa El-Husseini Canada 28 2.5k 1.0× 2.2k 1.5× 398 1.0× 460 1.3× 434 1.4× 35 4.3k
K. Ulrich Bayer United States 36 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.9× 648 1.6× 479 1.3× 359 1.2× 70 4.2k
Lin Luo United States 27 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 328 0.8× 417 1.2× 230 0.8× 40 3.9k
T. Renee Dawson United States 19 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 283 0.7× 1.2k 3.2× 593 1.9× 19 4.4k
Anton Maximov United States 31 3.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 204 0.5× 581 1.6× 170 0.6× 41 4.3k
John E. McRory Canada 29 2.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.7× 219 0.5× 584 1.6× 298 1.0× 40 4.0k
John Marshall United States 28 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 169 0.4× 210 0.6× 211 0.7× 44 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thorsten Melcher

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All Works

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Shirvani, Shervin M., Calvin Huntzinger, Thorsten Melcher, et al.. (2020). Biology-guided radiotherapy: redefining the role of radiotherapy in metastatic cancer. British Journal of Radiology. 94(1117). 20200873–20200873. 42 indexed citations
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Chitneni, Satish K., Gerald T. Bida, Hong Yuan, et al.. (2013). 18F-EF5 PET Imaging as an Early Response Biomarker for the Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug SN30000 Combined with Radiation Treatment in a Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Xenograft Model. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 54(8). 1339–1346. 32 indexed citations
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Chitneni, Satish K., Gerald T. Bida, Michael P. Hay, et al.. (2011). Abstract 5306: 18F-EF5 microPET imaging of treatment response from a novel, hypoxia-selective cytotoxin SN30000 in a human lung cancer xenograft model. Cancer Research. 71(8_Supplement). 5306–5306. 1 indexed citations
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Haberman, Rebecca P., Shannon L. Dean, Eileen C. Hoyt, et al.. (2005). GABAB receptor antagonist SGS742 improves spatial memory and reduces protein binding to the cAMP response element (CRE) in the hippocampus. Neuropharmacology. 48(7). 956–964. 96 indexed citations
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Froestl, Wolfgang, Michela Gallagher, Helen Jenkins, et al.. (2004). SGS742: the first GABAB receptor antagonist in clinical trials. Biochemical Pharmacology. 68(8). 1479–1487. 145 indexed citations
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Müller, Sabine, Philip Kunkel, Katrin Lamszus, et al.. (2003). A role for receptor tyrosine phosphataseζ in glioma cell migration. Oncogene. 22(43). 6661–6668. 100 indexed citations
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Mattiasson, Gustav, Mehrdad Shamloo, Gunilla Gidö, et al.. (2003). Uncoupling protein-2 prevents neuronal death and diminishes brain dysfunction after stroke and brain trauma. Nature Medicine. 9(8). 1062–1068. 449 indexed citations
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Köhr, Georg, Thorsten Melcher, & P. H. Seeburg. (1998). Candidate editases for GluR channels in single neurons of rat hippocampus and cerebellum. Neuropharmacology. 37(10-11). 1411–1417. 16 indexed citations
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Maas, Stefan, Thorsten Melcher, & Peter H. Seeburg. (1997). Mammalian RNA-dependent deaminases and edited mRNAs. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 9(3). 343–349. 48 indexed citations
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Melcher, Thorsten, et al.. (1996). A mammalian RNA editing enzyme. Nature. 379(6564). 460–464. 446 indexed citations
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Melcher, Thorsten, Stefan Maas, Anne Herb, et al.. (1996). RED2, a Brain-specific Member of the RNA-specific Adenosine Deaminase Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(50). 31795–31798. 250 indexed citations
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Maas, Stefan, Thorsten Melcher, Anne Herb, et al.. (1996). Structural Requirements for RNA Editing in Glutamate Receptor Pre-mRNAs by Recombinant Double-stranded RNA Adenosine Deaminase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(21). 12221–12226. 138 indexed citations
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Melcher, Thorsten, Stefan Maas, Miyoko Higuchi, Walter Keller, & Peter H. Seeburg. (1995). Editing of α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic Acid Receptor GluR-B Pre-mRNA in Vitro Reveals Site-selective Adenosine to Inosine Conversion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(15). 8566–8570. 88 indexed citations
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Geiger, Jörg R. P., Thorsten Melcher, Duk-Su Koh, et al.. (1995). Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurons in rat CNS. Neuron. 15(1). 193–204. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →
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Seeburg, P. H., et al.. (1995). AMPA channels in central neurons Molecular and functional diversity. 70. 1 indexed citations
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Lomelı́, Hilda, Johannes Mosbacher, Thorsten Melcher, et al.. (1994). Control of Kinetic Properties of AMPA Receptor Channels by Nuclear RNA Editing. Science. 266(5191). 1709–1713. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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