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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2004

Retinal axon guidance: novel mechanisms for steering.

Francis P G van Horck, Christine Weinl, Christine E Holt

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Manipulation of Axonal Outgrowth via Exogenous Low Forces.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  6. Extremely Low Forces Induce Extreme Axon Growth.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  11. Lack of the endosomal SNAREs vti1a and vti1b led to significant impairments in neuronal development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011
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  13. The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2009
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  15. Function and regulation of local axonal translation.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2008
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  18. RanBPM contributes to Semaphorin3A signaling through plexin-A receptors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2006
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  19. EphB3: an endogenous mediator of adult axonal plasticity and regrowth after CNS injury.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2006
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  20. Central and peripheral axon branches from one neuron are guided differentially by Semaphorin3D and transient axonal glycoprotein-1.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2005
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francis P G van HorckUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Anatomy, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK.
Christine Weinl
Christine E Holt
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 070568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axons from the retina traverse different molecular territories as they navigate to the tectum. A single territory might span only a few cell diameters and harbour multiple guidance cues, many of which are beginning to be characterized. Also present in the pathway are 'modulators' that influence a growth cone's response to a coincident signal but do not guide growth directly. An emerging principle is that the growth cone, itself, changes molecularly as it journeys through the visual pathway. Growing retinal axons contain mRNAs, ubiquitinating and apoptotic enzymes, translation and degradation machinery. Guidance cues can trigger rapid and local synthesis, degradation and endocytosis of proteins, providing a fast and flexible way for growth cones to respond to cues in their microenvironment and to alter their responsiveness. The data raise the idea that the localized synthesis and downregulation of proteins might help to steer retinal axon growth and, further, might contribute to the changing character of a growth cone as it ages.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsEndocytosisGrowth ConesHumansRetinaVisual Pathways

Identifiers

PMID15018939
PMCPMC3683643
OpenAlexW2065675788

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