DeForest Jr. Mellon, B.Sc., Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
Biology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 
Area:
Olfactory system, near field receptors
Website:
http://virginia.edu/Biology/Mellon
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Parents

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David Robert Evans grad student 1957-1961 Johns Hopkins
 (Ph.D obtained)
Donald Kennedy post-doc 1961-1963 Stanford
John E. Treherne research scientist Cambridge

Children

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Steven D. Munger research assistant
Kate L. Christison-Lagay research assistant 2007-2008 UVA
George John Mpitsos grad student UVA
David James Prior grad student 1968-1972 UVA
Roy Ritzmann grad student 1970-1974 UVA
Greg Lnenicka grad student 1975-1982 UVA
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Mellon D. (2010) Regulation of conduction velocity in axons from near-field receptors of the crayfish antennule. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 213: 3778-86
Mellon D, Christison-Lagay K. (2008) A mechanism for neuronal coincidence revealed in the crayfish antennule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 14626-31
Mellon D. (2003) Dendritic initiation and propagation of spikes and spike bursts in a multimodal sensory interneuron: the crustacean parasol cell. Journal of Neurophysiology. 90: 2465-77
Mellon D. (2000) Convergence of multimodal sensory input onto higher-level neurons of the crayfish olfactory pathway. Journal of Neurophysiology. 84: 3043-55
Mellon D, Alones V, Lawrence MD. (1992) Anatomy and fine structure of neurons in the deutocerebral projection pathway of the crayfish olfactory system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 321: 93-111
Mellon D, Munger SD. (1990) Nontopographic projection of olfactory sensory neurons in the crayfish brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 296: 253-62
Lnenicka GA, Mellon D. (1983) Changes in electrical properties and quantal current during growth of identified muscle fibres in the crayfish. The Journal of Physiology. 345: 261-84
Lnenicka GA, Mellon D. (1983) Transmitter release during normal and altered growth of identified muscle fibres in the crayfish. The Journal of Physiology. 345: 285-96
Mellon D, Lnenicka G. (1980) Structure and electrical properties of eye muscles in cave- and surface-dwelling crayfishes. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 84: 187-99
Mellon D, Treherne JE, Lane NJ, et al. (1980) Electrical interactions between the giant axons of a polychaete worm (Sabella penicillus L.). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 84: 119-36
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