Phone: 205-996-9375
Fax: 205-996-9377
Education:
B.Sc., University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Biology), 1995.
M.Sc., University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Cell Biology), 1998.
Ph.D., University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Cell Biology/Neurosciences), 2002.
Postdoctoral education:
-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
-2003-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore
-2007-2008 Postdoctoral Employee, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Academic Appointments:
-2008- Assistant Professor, primary appointment, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, UAB
-Associate Faculty, Civitan International Research Center (CIRC)
Research Interests:
-Development of the central nervous system.
-Pathogenesis of dopamine systems in schizophrenia.
Recent Publications:
- Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Roberts RC (2008). A new use for long-term frozen brain tissue: Golgi impregnation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. PMID: 18789970 (In press). web
- Perez-Costas E, Guidetti P, Melendez-Ferro M, Kelley JJ, Roberts RC (2008) Neuroleptics and animal models: feasibility of oral treatments monitored by plasma levels and receptor occupancy assays. The Journal of Neural Transmission 115: 745-753. web
- Guidetti P, Hoffman GE, Melendez-Ferro M, Albuquerque EX, Schwarcz R (2007). Astrocytic localization of kynurenine aminotransferase II in the rat brain visualized by immunocytochemistry. Glia 55: 78-92. web
- Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Melendez-Ferro M, Pérez-Costas E, Anadón R, Rodicio MC (2007) Development of the serotonergic system in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 34: 29-46. web
- Perez-Costas E, Melendez-Ferro M, Roberts RC (2007) Microscopy techniques and the study of synapses In A. Mendez-Vilas, J. Diaz (eds), Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, 3rd edition, Badajoz, Spain, Formatex, ISBN=9788461194193 (bookchapter) book access
- Villar-Cheda B, Perez-Costas E, Melendez-Ferro M, Abalo XM, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Anadon R, Rodicio MC (2006) Cell proliferation of the forebrain and midbrain of the sea lamprey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 494: 986-1006. web
- Villar-Cervino V, Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Holstein GR, Martinelli GP, Rodicio MC, Anadon R (2006) Presence of glutamate, glycine and GABA in the retina of the larval sea lamprey: a comparative. immunohistochemical study of the classical neurotransmitters in tlarval and postmetamorphic retinas. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 499: 810-827. web
- Rodicio MC, Villar-Cervino V, Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Anadon R (2005) Chemoarchitecture of the dorsal column of the larval sea lamprey. Brain Research Bulletin 66: 536-540. web
- Yu P, Di Prospero NA, Sapko MT, Cai T, Chen A, Melendez-Ferro M, Du F, Whetsell WO Jr, Guidetti P, Schwarcz R, Tagle DA (2004) Biochemical and phenotypic abnormalities in kynurenine aminotransferase II-deficient mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24: 6919-6930. web
- Perez-Costas E, Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Garcia CG, Caruncho HJ, Rodicio MC (2004) Reelin immunoreactivity in the adult sea lamprey brain. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 27: 7-21. web
- Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Villar-Cheda B, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Anadon R, Rodicio MC (2003) Ontogeny of gamma-aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive neurons in the rhombencephalon and spinal cord of the sea lamprey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 464: 17-35. web
- Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Villar-Cheda B, Abalo XM, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Rodicio MC, Anadon R (2002) Ontogeny of gamma-aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive neuronal populations in the forebrain and midbrain of the sea lamprey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 446: 360-376. web
- Perez-Costas E, Melendez-Ferro M, Santos Y, Anadon R, Rodicio MC, Caruncho HJ (2002) Reelin immunoreactivity in the larval sea lamprey brain. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 23: 211-221. web
- Villar-Cheda B, Perez-Costas E, Melendez-Ferro M, Manoel Abalo X, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Anadon R, Celina Rodicio M (2002) Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunoreactivity and development of the pineal complex and habenula of the sea lamprey. Brain Research Bulletin 57: 285-287. web
- Melendez-Ferro M, Villar-Cheda B, Manoel Abalo X, Perez-Costas E, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Degrip WJ, Yanez J, Rodicio MC, Anadon R (2002) Early development of the retina and pineal complex in the sea lamprey: comparative immunocytochemical study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 442: 250-265. web
- Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Rodriguez-Munoz R, Gomez-Lopez MP, Anadon R, Rodicio MC (2001) GABA immunoreactivity in the olfactory bulbs of the adult sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L. Brain Research 893: 253-260. web
- Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Gonzalez MJ, Pombal MA, Anadon R, Rodicio MC (2000) GABA-immunoreactive internuclear neurons in the ocular motor system of lampreys. Brain Research 855: 150-157. web
- Anadon R, Melendez-Ferro M, Perez-Costas E, Pombal MA, Rodicio MC (1998) Centrifugal fibers are the only GABAergic structures of the retina of the larval sea lamprey: an immunocytochemical study. Brain Research 782: 297-302. web