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ReviewNeuropharmacology2013

Long-term potentiation: peeling the onion.

Roger A Nicoll, Katherine W Roche

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuropharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.4field-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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roger A NicollDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-2140, USA. roger.nicoll@ucsf.edu
Katherine W Roche
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Subunit-Specific Regulation Of Glutamate ReceptorsZIANS002994 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI ROCHE, KATHERINE · 2009 to 2025
$30.0M
VESICULAR NEUROTRANSMITTER STORAGE/TRANSPORT IN SYNAPSE FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENTP01NS016033 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI REICHARDT, LOUIS FRENCH · 1985 to 2007
$7.5M
Synaptic Plasticity Regulated by Stargazin-like gamma-8R01MH070957 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NICOLL, ROGER A · 2004 to 2019
$6.3M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH070957NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS016033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the discovery of long-term potentiation (LTP), thousands of papers have been published on this phenomenon. With this massive amount of information, it is often difficult, especially for someone not directly involved in the field, not to be overwhelmed. The goal of this review is to peel away as many layers as possible, and probe the core properties of LTP. We would argue that the many dozens of proteins that have been implicated in the phenomenon are not essential, but rather modulate, often in indirect ways, the threshold and/or magnitude of LTP. What is required is NMDA receptor activation followed by CaMKII activation. The consequence of CaMKII activation is the rapid recruitment of AMPA receptors to the synapse. This recruitment is independent of AMPA receptor subunit type, but absolutely requires an adequate pool of surface receptors. An important unresolved issue is how exactly CaMKII activation leads to modifications in the PSD to allow rapid enrichment. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity'.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Long-Term PotentiationPost-Synaptic DensityReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Receptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAMPA receptorCaMKIILong-term potentiationNMDA receptorSynapse

Identifiers

PMID23439383
PMCPMC3718856
OpenAlexW2090694271

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