Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19640475›Full record

ReviewNeuron2009

Activity-dependent regulation of synapses by retrograde messengers.

Wade G Regehr, Megan R Carey, Aaron R Best

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Review in Neuron, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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156citing papers in PubMed
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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

156 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. "Arc - A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity".Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025
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  11. BK channels mediate a presynaptic form of mGluR-LTD in the neonatal hippocampus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Retrograde adenosine/ACell reports · 2024
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  18. Post-synaptic GABACell reports · 2023
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96 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

3 authors.

Wade G RegehrDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. wade_regehr@hms.harvard.edu
Megan R Carey
Aaron R Best

Funding

FUNDAMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGYT32NS007484 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2000 to 2014
$5.9M
Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in the CNSR01NS032405 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 1995 to 2016
$4.8M
Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in the CNSR37NS032405 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2005 to 2011
$4.7M
Retrograde Signaling by Endogenous CannabinoidsR01DA024090 · NIDA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2007 to 2011
$3.0M
Retrograde Signaling by Endogenous CannabinoidsR01NS044396 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2002 to 2006
$1.6M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA024090NIDA NIH HHS R01DA024090NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032405NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS044396NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS032405NINDS NIH HHS R37NS032405NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007484NINDS NIH HHS T32NS007484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Throughout the brain, postsynaptic neurons release substances from their cell bodies and dendrites that regulate the strength of the synapses they receive. Diverse chemical messengers have been implicated in retrograde signaling from postsynaptic neurons to presynaptic boutons. Here, we provide an overview of the signaling systems that lead to rapid changes in synaptic strength. We consider the capabilities, specializations, and physiological roles of each type of signaling system.

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritesHumansNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSynapsesSynaptic Transmission

Identifiers

PMID19640475
PMCPMC3251517

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