Melissa Warden
Melissa R. Warden
Neurobiology and Behavior
Assistant Professor; Miriam M. Salpeter Fellow, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Contact Information
W201 Seeley G. Mudd Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 254-4368
Melissa R. Warden
Neurobiology and Behavior
Assistant Professor; Miriam M. Salpeter Fellow, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Expertise
Neural circuits of motivated behavior; brain states; neuromodulation; imaging; neurophysiology; optogenetics
Current Research Interest
Environmental structure and internal state shape the functional operation of neural circuits; adaptive balancing of behavioral priorities between short and long timescales; imaging and high-density neurophysiology in freely behaving mouse models; optogenetics; neuroanatomy; patch clamp electrophysiology; computation
Distinction
NIH Director's New Innovator Award
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Whitehall Research Grant
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Robertson Neuroscience Investigator
Selected Publications
Seo, Changwoo, Akash Guru, Michelle Jin, Brendan Ito, Brianna J. Sleezer, Yi-Yun Ho, Elias Wang, et al. “Intense Threat Switches Dorsal Raphe Serotonin Neurons to a Paradoxical Operational Mode.” Science 363, no. 6426 (2019): 538-542.
Warden, Melissa R., Aslihan Selimbeyoglu, Julie J. Mirzabekov, Maisie Lo, Kimberly R. Thompson, Sung-Yon Kim, Avishek Adhikari, Kay M. Tye, Loren M. Frank, and Karl Deisseroth. "A Prefrontal Cortex–Brainstem Neuronal Projection That Controls Response to Behavioural Challenge." Nature 492, no. 7429 (2012): 428–432.