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ReviewNeurobiology of learning and memory2008

Protein synthesis inhibitors, gene superinduction and memory: too little or too much protein?

Jelena Radulovic, Natalie C Tronson

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Review in Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jelena RadulovicDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. j-radulovic@northwestern.edu
Natalie C Tronson
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Hippocampal Mechanisms of Fear ExtinctionR01MH073669 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI RADULOVIC, JELENA · 2006 to 2010
$1.6M
NIMH NIH HHS MH073669NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH073669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, the effects of protein synthesis inhibitors (PSI) in learning and memory processes have been attributed to translational arrest and consequent inhibition of de novo protein synthesis. Here we argue that amnesia produced by PSI can be the direct result of their abnormal induction of mRNA-a process termed gene superinduction. This action exerted by PSI involves an abundant and prolonged accumulation of mRNA transcripts of genes that are normally transiently induced. We summarize experimental evidence for the multiple mechanisms and signaling pathways mediating gene superinduction and consider its relevance for PSI-induced amnesia. This mechanistic alternative to protein synthesis inhibition is compared to models of electroconvulsive seizures and fragilexsyndrome associated with enhanced mRNA/protein levels and cognitive deficits.

Indexed as

AmnesiaAnisomycinExtinction, BiologicalGene Expression RegulationGenes, fosGenes, junHumansModels, BiologicalPhosphoproteinsProtein BiosynthesisProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionAnisomycinPhosphoproteinsProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID17904877
PMCPMC2323246
OpenAlexW1976457897

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