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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2013

Mechanisms of dopamine transporter regulation in normal and disease states.

Roxanne A Vaughan, James D Foster

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 225 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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225citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

225 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 410 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roxanne A VaughanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA. Electronic address: roxanne.vaughan@med.und.edu.
James D Foster
University of North Dakota · US

Funding

Research CoresP20GM103442 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI Chris Jurgens · 2012 to 2026
$53.0M
TRPC1, CALCIUM AND PARKINSON'S DISEASEP20RR017699 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI GHRIBI, OTHMAN · 2002 to 2011
$19.7M
Phosphorylation and Regulation of Dopamine TransportersR01DA013147 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI VAUGHAN, ROXANNE A · 1999 to 2010
$2.5M
Computational and Biochemical Docking of Dopamine Transporter AntagonistsR01DA027845 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI HENRY, LOREN KEITH, VAUGHAN, ROXANNE A · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
Affinity Labeling the Dopamine Transporter Active SiteR01DA015175 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI VAUGHAN, ROXANNE A · 2003 to 2005
$832k
Dopamine Transporter PalmitoylationR15DA031991 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI FOSTER, JAMES DARREN · 2011 to 2017
$823k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016741NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017699NIDA NIH HHS DA13147NIDA NIH HHS DA27845NIDA NIH HHS DA31991NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA013147NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA015175NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA027845NIDA NIH HHS R15 DA031991NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT) controls the spatial and temporal dynamics of DA neurotransmission by driving reuptake of extracellular transmitter into presynaptic neurons. Many diseases such as depression, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are associated with abnormal DA levels, implicating DAT as a factor in their etiology. Medications used to treat these disorders and many addictive drugs target DAT and enhance dopaminergic signaling by suppressing transmitter reuptake. We now understand that the transport and binding properties of DAT are regulated by complex and overlapping mechanisms that provide neurons with the ability to modulate DA clearance in response to physiological demands. These processes are controlled by endogenous signaling pathways and affected by exogenous transporter ligands, demonstrating their importance for normal neurotransmission, drug abuse, and disease treatments. Increasing evidence supports the disruption of these mechanisms in DA disorders, implicating dysregulation of transport in disease etiologies and suggesting these processes as potential points for therapeutic manipulation of DA availability.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityBipolar DisorderDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsHumansMental DisordersMolecular Sequence DataParkinson DiseaseProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteinsamphetamineattention deficit hyperactivity disorderbipolar disordercocainedrug addictionParkinson's disease

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PMID23968642
PMCPMC3831354
OpenAlexW2052500414

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