Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21699896›Full record

ReviewExperimental neurology2012

Myelin associated inhibitors: a link between injury-induced and experience-dependent plasticity.

Feras Akbik, William B J Cafferty, Stephen M Strittmatter

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Review in Experimental neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 146 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Feras AkbikCellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair Program, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536-0812, USA.
William B J Cafferty
Stephen M Strittmatter
Yale University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007205 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAZMIERCZAK, BARBARA I · 1985 to 2019
$42.9M
MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF AXONAL REGENERATIONR01NS039962 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2000 to 2010
$3.9M
Nogo Receptor in Axonal RegenerationR01NS042304 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2001 to 2010
$3.3M
Axonal Growth Cone Signal TransductionR37NS033020 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2005 to 2011
$2.9M
Cortical Plasticity during Recovery from Spinal Cord InjuryR01NS080388 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS 2T32GM07205NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007205NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039962NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042304NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080388NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS033020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the adult, both neurologic recovery and anatomical growth after a CNS injury are limited. Two classes of growth inhibitors, myelin associated inhibitors (MAIs) and extracellular matrix associated inhibitors, limit both functional recovery and anatomical rearrangements in animal models of spinal cord injury. Here we focus on how MAIs limit a wide spectrum of growth that includes regeneration, sprouting, and plasticity in both the intact and lesioned CNS. Three classic myelin associated inhibitors, Nogo-A, MAG, and OMgp, signal through their common receptors, Nogo-66 Receptor-1 (NgR1) and Paired-Immunoglobulin-like-Receptor-B (PirB), to regulate cytoskeletal dynamics and inhibit growth. Initially described as inhibitors of axonal regeneration, subsequent work has demonstrated that MAIs also limit activity and experience-dependent plasticity in the intact, adult CNS. MAIs therefore represent a point of convergence for plasticity that limits anatomical rearrangements regardless of the inciting stimulus, blurring the distinction between injury studies and more "basic" plasticity studies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsBrainGPI-Linked ProteinsMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityNogo ProteinsRecovery of FunctionSpinal Cord InjuriesGPI-Linked ProteinsMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin ProteinsNogo ProteinsOmg protein, mouseRtn4 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID21699896
PMCPMC3189418
OpenAlexW2112586851

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