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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2014

Intracellular pH regulation by acid-base transporters in mammalian neurons.

Vernon A Ruffin, Ahlam I Salameh, Walter F Boron, Mark D Parker

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 197 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Functional energetic responses and individual variance of the human brain revealed by quantitative imaging of adenosine triphosphate production rates.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2018
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  19. Differential effects of deleting the angiotensin receptor ATAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vernon A RuffinDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University OH, USA.
Ahlam I SalamehDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University OH, USA.
Walter F BoronDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University OH, USA.
Mark D ParkerDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University OH, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

PH REGULATION OF EXCITABLE INVERTEBRATE CELLSR01NS018400 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BORON, WALTER F · 1985 to 2012
$5.1M
Functional role of transporter Slc4a11 (BTR1/NaBC1) in the corneaR21EY021646 · NEI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI JENNINGS, MICHAEL L, PARKER, MARK · 2012 to 2013
$416k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY021646NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS018400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular pH (pHi) regulation in the brain is important in both physiological and physiopathological conditions because changes in pHi generally result in altered neuronal excitability. In this review, we will cover 4 major areas: (1) The effect of pHi on cellular processes in the brain, including channel activity and neuronal excitability. (2) pHi homeostasis and how it is determined by the balance between rates of acid loading (J L) and extrusion (J E). The balance between J E and J L determine steady-state pHi, as well as the ability of the cell to defend pHi in the face of extracellular acid-base disturbances (e.g., metabolic acidosis). (3) The properties and importance of members of the SLC4 and SLC9 families of acid-base transporters expressed in the brain that contribute to J L (namely the Cl-HCO3 exchanger AE3) and J E (the Na-H exchangers NHE1, NHE3, and NHE5 as well as the Na(+)- coupled HCO3 (-) transporters NBCe1, NBCn1, NDCBE, and NBCn2). (4) The effect of acid-base disturbances on neuronal function and the roles of acid-base transporters in defending neuronal pHi under physiopathologic conditions.

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acidosisalkalosisbrainNCBTneuronsNHEpH

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PMID24592239
PMCPMC3923155
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