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ReviewNeuron2013

Homeostatic signaling and the stabilization of neural function.

Graeme W Davis

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Review in Neuron, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers.

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175citing papers in PubMed
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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

175 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Robust PHP in Adult Hippocampus: Essential Assay Optimizations.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  9. Alzheimer's Pathology Enhances Excitatory Synaptic Input and Integration in VTA Dopamine Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  18. Rapid rebalancing of co-tuned ensemble activity in the auditory cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  19. Deficiency in transmitter release triggers homeostatic transcriptional changes that increase presynaptic excitability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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115 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

1 author.

Graeme W DavisDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: graeme.davis@ucsf.edu.

Funding

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SYNAPTIC HOMEOSTASISR01NS039313 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DAVIS, GRAEME W · 2000 to 2016
$5.3M
TRANS-SYNAPTIC SIGNALING DURING NEUROMUSCULAR DEVELOPMENTR01NS059867 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DAVIS, GRAEME W · 2008 to 2015
$2.7M
Homeostatic Synaptic DepressionR01NS079307 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DAVIS, GRAEME W · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS NS39313NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039313NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS059867NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain is astonishing in its complexity and capacity for change. This has fascinated scientists for more than a century, filling the pages of this journal for the past 25 years. But a paradigm shift is underway. It seems likely that the plasticity that drives our ability to learn and remember can only be meaningful in the context of otherwise stable, reproducible, and predictable baseline neural function. Without the existence of potent mechanisms that stabilize neural function, our capacity to learn and remember would be lost in the chaos of daily experiential change. This underscores two great mysteries in neuroscience. How are the functional properties of individual neurons and neural circuits stably maintained throughout life? And, in the face of potent stabilizing mechanisms, how can neural circuitry be modified during neural development, learning, and memory? Answers are emerging in the rapidly developing field of homeostatic plasticity.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsHomeostasisModels, NeurologicalNeuronsSignal TransductionSynapses

Identifiers

PMID24183022
PMCPMC3856728

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