Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12386325›Full record

ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.)2002

New insights into neuron-glia communication.

R Douglas Fields, Beth Stevens-Graham

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In one paragraph

Review in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 315 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
315citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

315 citing papers in PubMed, 941 citations in OpenAlex.

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255 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

R Douglas FieldsNeurocytology and Physiology Section, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. fields@helix.nih.gov
Beth Stevens-Graham
National Institute of Child Health · PK

Funding

Nervous System Development and PlasticityZIAHD000713 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI FIELDS, RICHARD DOUGLAS · 2009 to 2023
$17.7M
REGULATION OF NEURONAL GENE EXPRESSION BY ACTION POTENTIALSZ01HD000713 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI FIELDS, RICHARD DOUGLAS · 1995 to 2008
$1.7M
STUDIES OF GAP JUNCTIONSK04HD000713 · NICHD · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI HERTZBERG, ELLIOT L · 1986 to 1990
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NICHD NIH HHS Z01 HD000713-11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-way communication between neurons and nonneural cells called glia is essential for axonal conduction, synaptic transmission, and information processing and thus is required for normal functioning of the nervous system during development and throughout adult life. The signals between neurons and glia include ion fluxes, neurotransmitters, cell adhesion molecules, and specialized signaling molecules released from synaptic and nonsynaptic regions of the neuron. In contrast to the serial flow of information along chains of neurons, glia communicate with other glial cells through intracellular waves of calcium and via intercellular diffusion of chemical messengers. By releasing neurotransmitters and other extracellular signaling molecules, glia can affect neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission and perhaps coordinate activity across networks of neurons.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationAnimalsAstrocytesBrainHumansMicrogliaMyelin SheathNerve RegenerationNervous System DiseasesNeurogliaNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsOligodendrogliaSchwann CellsSignal TransductionStem CellsNeurotransmitter Agents

Identifiers

PMID12386325
PMCPMC1226318
OpenAlexW2140477475

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Registered trials

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