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ReviewPhysiological reviews2011

The dynamic modulation of GABA(A) receptor trafficking and its role in regulating the plasticity of inhibitory synapses.

Mansi Vithlani, Miho Terunuma, Stephen J Moss

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Review in Physiological reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers.

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127citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

127 citing papers in PubMed, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mansi VithlaniDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Miho Terunuma
Stephen J Moss
Tufts University · USUniversity College London · GB

Funding

The Synthesis of GABA in Epileptic BrainP01NS054900 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI COULTER, DOUGLAS A · 2007 to 2011
$6.4M
Constructing inhibitory synapsesR01NS051195 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2006 to 2014
$3.2M
Modulation of GABAB receptor signalingR01NS048045 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2005 to 2010
$2.7M
The Regulation of GABAA Receptor Cell Surface StabilityR01NS047478 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2005 to 2009
$2.1M
Novel actions of neurosteroids on GABA (A) receptor traffickingR01MH097446 · NIMH · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI DAVIES, PAUL ANDREW, MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
The role of ubiquitination in regulating GABA(A) receptor functional expressionR01NS056359 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOSS, STEPHEN J · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH097446NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS054900NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047478NINDS NIH HHS R01NS047478NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048045NINDS NIH HHS R01NS048045NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS051195NINDS NIH HHS R01NS051195NINDS NIH HHS R01NS054900NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056359NINDS NIH HHS R01NS056359Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) is mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The fast inhibitory actions of GABA are mediated by GABA type A receptors (GABA(A)Rs); they mediate both phasic and tonic inhibition in the brain and are the principle sites of action for anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative-hypnotic agents that include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, neurosteroids, and some general anesthetics. GABA(A)Rs are heteropentameric ligand-gated ion channels that are found concentrated at inhibitory postsynaptic sites where they mediate phasic inhibition and at extrasynaptic sites where they mediate tonic inhibition. The efficacy of inhibition and thus neuronal excitability is critically dependent on the accumulation of specific GABA(A)R subtypes at inhibitory synapses. Here we evaluate how neurons control the number of GABA(A)Rs on the neuronal plasma membrane together with their selective stabilization at synaptic sites. We then go on to examine the impact that these processes have on the strength of synaptic inhibition and behavior.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell MembraneEndocytosisExocytosisHumansMammalsMolecular StructureNeural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein TransportReceptors, GABA-ASynapsesReceptors, GABA-A

Identifiers

PMID21742794
PMCPMC4382539
OpenAlexW1995709024

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