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ReviewNeural plasticity2009

Contributions of matrix metalloproteinases to neural plasticity, habituation, associative learning and drug addiction.

John W Wright, Joseph W Harding

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

John W WrightDepartment of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4820, USA. wrightjw@wsu.edu
Joseph W Harding
Washington State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The premise of this paper is that increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) permits the reconfiguration of synaptic connections (i.e., neural plasticity) by degrading cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) designed to provide stability to those extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that form scaffolding supporting neurons and glia. It is presumed that while these ECM proteins are weakened, and/or detached, synaptic connections can form resulting in new neural pathways. Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are designed to deactivate MMPs permitting the reestablishment of CAMs, thus returning the system to a reasonably fixed state. This review considers available findings concerning the roles of MMPs and TIMPs in reorganizing ECM proteins thus facilitating the neural plasticity underlying long-term potentiation (LTP), habituation, and associative learning. We conclude with a consideration of the influence of these phenomena on drug addiction, given that these same processes may be instrumental in the formation of addiction and subsequent relapse. However, our knowledge concerning the precise spatial and temporal relationships among the mechanisms of neural plasticity, habituation, associative learning, and memory consolidation is far from complete and the possibility that these phenomena mediate drug addiction is a new direction of research.

Indexed as

AnimalsAssociation LearningHabituation, PsychophysiologicHumansMatrix MetalloproteinasesNeuronal PlasticitySubstance-Related DisordersTissue Inhibitor of MetalloproteinasesMatrix MetalloproteinasesTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases

Identifiers

PMID20169175
PMCPMC2821634
OpenAlexW2146594788

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