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ReviewDevelopmental neurobiology2008

Imaging second messenger dynamics in developing neural circuits.

Timothy A Dunn, Marla B Feller

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Review in Developmental neurobiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A molecular integrator of sleep duration and interruption.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Presynaptic SNAP-25 regulates retinal waves and retinogeniculate projection via phosphorylation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  9. Signaling: Spatial regulation of axonal cAMP.Nature chemical biology · 2017
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  18. Imaging the glycome.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy A DunnDivision of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Marla B Feller
University of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

The Function of Neural Activity in Developing RetinaR01EY013528 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Marla Feller · 2002 to 2026
$8.1M
Live imaging of second messengers in developing retinaR21EY016417 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FELLER, MARLA B · 2005 to 2006
$397k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013528NEI NIH HHS R21 EY016417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A characteristic feature of developing neural circuits is that they are spontaneously active. There are several examples, including the retina, spinal cord, and hippocampus, where spontaneous activity is highly correlated among neighboring cells, with large depolarizing events occurring with a periodicity on the order of minutes. One likely mechanism by which neurons can "decode" these slow oscillations is through activation of second messenger cascades that either influence transcriptional activity or drive posttranslational modifications. Here, we describe recent experiments where imaging has been used to characterize slow oscillations in the cAMP/PKA second messenger cascade in retinal neurons. We review the latest techniques in imaging this specific second messenger cascade, its intimate relationship with changes in intracellular calcium concentration, and several hypotheses regarding its role in neurodevelopment.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ImagingNonlinear DynamicsAnimalsNerve NetNeuronsSecond Messenger Systems

Identifiers

PMID18383551
PMCPMC2930489
OpenAlexW2168821750

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