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ReviewNeuron2011

GABAA receptor trafficking-mediated plasticity of inhibitory synapses.

Bernhard Luscher, Thomas Fuchs, Casey L Kilpatrick

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Review in Neuron, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 255 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
255citing papers in PubMed
16.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

255 citing papers in PubMed, 427 citations in OpenAlex.

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195 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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bernhard LuscherDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. BXL25@psu.edu
Thomas Fuchs
Casey L Kilpatrick
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Mapping the Neural Substrate of AnxietyR01MH060989 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI LUSCHER, BERNHARD · 2001 to 2009
$2.2M
Clustering and Synaptic Targeting of GABA-A ReceptorsR01MH062391 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI LUSCHER, BERNHARD · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
Use of a mouse model of anxious depression to assess the safety of pediatric antiRC1MH089111 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI LUSCHER, BERNHARD · 2009 to 2010
$828k
Protein Trafficking Regulating the Formation of GABAergic SynapsesR56MH062391 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI LUSCHER, BERNHARD · 2008 to 2008
$361k
NIMH NIH HHS MH60989NIMH NIH HHS MH62391NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060989NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062391NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH062391NIMH NIH HHS RC1 MH089111NIMH NIH HHS RC1MH089111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proper developmental, neural cell-type-specific, and activity-dependent regulation of GABAergic transmission is essential for virtually all aspects of CNS function. The number of GABA(A) receptors in the postsynaptic membrane directly controls the efficacy of GABAergic synaptic transmission. Thus, regulated trafficking of GABA(A) receptors is essential for understanding brain function in both health and disease. Here we summarize recent progress in the understanding of mechanisms that allow dynamic adaptation of cell surface expression and postsynaptic accumulation and function of GABA(A) receptors. This includes activity-dependent and cell-type-specific changes in subunit gene expression, assembly of subunits into receptors, as well as exocytosis, endocytic recycling, diffusion dynamics, and degradation of GABA(A) receptors. In particular, we focus on the roles of receptor-interacting proteins, scaffold proteins, synaptic adhesion proteins, and enzymes that regulate the trafficking and function of receptors and associated proteins. In addition, we review neuropeptide signaling pathways that affect neural excitability through changes in GABA(A)R trafficking.

Indexed as

AnimalsModels, BiologicalNeural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsProtein TransportReceptors, GABA-ASynapsesReceptors, GABA-A

Identifiers

PMID21555068
PMCPMC3093971
OpenAlexW2033129564

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