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ReviewGlia2013

The Importance of astrocyte-derived purines in the modulation of sleep.

Tamara Blutstein, Philip G Haydon

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In one paragraph

Review in Glia, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of drugs that modify the circadian system's phase-shifting responses to light exposure.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  5. Astrocytes at the heart of sleep: from genes to network dynamics.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025
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  8. Neuroglia and brain energy metabolism.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2025
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  9. Adenosine-Dependent Arousal Induced by Astrocytes in a Brainstem Circuit.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  18. Neuronal hibernation following hippocampal demyelination.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2021
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tamara BlutsteinDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
Philip G Haydon
Tufts University · US

Funding

ASTROCYTE/NEURON SIGNALINGR01NS037585 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAYDON, PHILIP G · 1998 to 2019
$4.5M
Roles for Gliotransmission in Substance AbuseR01DA025967 · NIDA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HAYDON, PHILIP G · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
Roles for Astrocytes in Mediating Responses to AlcoholR01AA020183 · NIAAA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HAYDON, PHILIP G · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
Glial dependent modulation of depressive like behaviorsR01MH095385 · NIMH · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HAYDON, PHILIP G · 2012 to 2013
$819k
The Role of Gliotransmission in Sleep HomeostasisF32MH091883 · NIMH · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI BLUTSTEIN, TAMARA · 2011 to 2013
$133k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020183NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA025967NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH091883NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH095385NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep is an evolutionarily conserved phenomenon that is clearly essential for survival, but we have limited understanding of how and why it is so important. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)/adenosine signaling has been known to be important in the regulation of sleep and recent evidence suggests a critical role for gliotransmission in the modulation of sleep homeostasis. Herein, we review the regulation of ATP/adenosine in the nervous system and provide evidence of a critical role for astrocyte-derived adenosine in the regulation of sleep homeostasis and the modulation of synaptic transmission. Further understanding of the role of glial cells in the regulation of sleep may provide new targets for pharmaceutical intervention in the treatment of brain dysfunctions, specifically those that are comorbid with sleep disruptions.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesCell CommunicationHumansPurinesSleepSynaptic TransmissionPurines

Identifiers

PMID23027687
PMCPMC3527671
OpenAlexW2058666690

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Registered trials

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