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ReviewNeurochemistry international2012

The perineuronal net component of the extracellular matrix in plasticity and epilepsy.

Paulette A McRae, Brenda E Porter

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Review in Neurochemistry international, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Disruption of Extracellular Matrix and Perineuronal Nets Modulates Extracellular Space Volume and Geometry.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  13. Critical functions of extracellular matrix in brain metastasis seeding.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023
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  18. Extracellular Matrix Regulation in Physiology and in Brain Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  19. Regulation of the E/I-balance by the neural matrisome.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023
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  20. Reorganization of the Brain Extracellular Matrix in Hippocampal Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paulette A McRaeDivision of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. mcraep@email.chop.edu
Brenda E Porter
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

CRE Mediated Transcription in EpileptogenesisR01NS056222 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PORTER, BRENDA ELAINE · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the central nervous system (CNS) facilitates proliferation, migration, and synaptogenesis. In the mature nervous system due to changes in the ECM it provides structural stability and impedes proliferation, migration, and synaptogensis. The perineuronal net (PN) is a specialized ECM structure found primarily surrounding inhibitory interneurons where it forms a mesh-like structure around points of synaptic contact. The PN organizes the extracellular space by binding multiple components of the ECM and bringing them into close proximity to the cell membrane, forming dense aggregates surrounding synapses. The PN is expressed late in postnatal development when the nervous system is in the final stages of maturation and the critical periods are closing. Once fully expressed the PN envelopes synapses and leads to decreased plasticity and increases synaptic stability in the CNS. Disruptions in the PN have been studied in a number of disease states including epilepsy. Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders characterized by excessive neuronal activity which results in recurrent spontaneous seizures. A shift in the delicate balance between excitation and inhibition is believed to be one of the underlying mechanisms in the development of epilepsy. During epileptogenesis, the brain undergoes numerous changes including synaptic rearrangement and axonal sprouting, which require structural plasticity. Because of the PNs location around inhibitory cells and its role in limiting plasticity, the PN is an important candidate for altering the progression of epilepsy. In this review, an overview of the ECM and PN in the CNS will be presented with special emphasis on potential roles in epileptogenesis.

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Extracellular MatrixNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityEpilepsyHumans

Identifiers

PMID22954428
PMCPMC3930202
OpenAlexW2004229492

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