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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2013

Synaptic integration by NG2 cells.

Wenjing Sun, Dirk Dietrich

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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.

Wenjing SunExperimental Neurophysiology, Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic Bonn Bonn, Germany.
Dirk DietrichExperimental Neurophysiology, Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic Bonn Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NG2 expressing oligodendrocyte precursor cells stand out from other types of glial cells by receiving classical synaptic contacts from many neurons. This unconventional form of signaling between neurons and glial cells enables NG2 cells to receive information about the activity of presynaptic neurons with high temporal and spatial precision and has been postulated to be involved in activity-dependent myelination. While this still unproven concept is generally compelling, how NG2 cells may integrate synaptic input has hardly been addressed to date. Here we review the biophysical characteristics of synaptic currents and membrane properties of NG2 cells and discuss their capabilities to perform complex temporal and spatial signal integration and how this may be important for activity-dependent myelination.

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cable modelcalcium signalingdendritesNG2 cellsynapses

Identifiers

PMID24391539
PMCPMC3868909
OpenAlexW2068024122

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