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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2014

Semaphorins and the dynamic regulation of synapse assembly, refinement, and function.

Eleftheria Koropouli, Alex L Kolodkin

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 122 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eleftheria KoropouliThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Alex L KolodkinThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: kolodkin@jhmi.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Semaphorin-neuropilin regulation of neuronal connectivityR01MH059199 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GINTY, DAVID D, KOLODKIN, ALEX L · 1999 to 2014
$5.6M
Semaphorin-Mediated Neuronal Growth Cone GuidanceR37NS035165 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KOLODKIN, ALEX L · 2005 to 2011
$3.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059199NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS035165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semaphorins are phylogenetically conserved proteins expressed in most organ systems, including the nervous system. Following their description as axon guidance cues, semaphorins have been implicated in multiple aspects of nervous system development. Semaphorins are key regulators of neural circuit assembly, neuronal morphogenesis, assembly of excitatory and inhibitory synapses, and synaptic refinement. Semaphorins contribute to the balance between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission, and electrical activity can modulate semaphorin signaling in neurons. This interplay between guidance cue signaling and electrical activity has the potential to sculpt the wiring of neural circuits and to modulate their function.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansNervous SystemNeurogenesisSemaphorinsSynapsesSemaphorins

Identifiers

PMID24598309
PMCPMC4122587
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