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ArticleNeuron2014

Presynaptic partners of dorsal raphe serotonergic and GABAergic neurons.

Brandon Weissbourd, Jing Ren, Katherine E DeLoach, Casey J Guenthner, Kazunari Miyamichi, Liqun Luo

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Article in Neuron, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 187 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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187citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

187 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 341 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandon WeissbourdDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Jing RenDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Katherine E DeLoachDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Casey J GuenthnerDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Neurosciences Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kazunari MiyamichiDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: amiyami@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Liqun LuoDepartment of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Neurosciences Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: lluo@stanford.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers in MiceR01NS050835 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LIQUN LUO · 2005 to 2026
$7.3M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The serotonin system powerfully modulates physiology and behavior in health and disease, yet the circuit mechanisms underlying serotonin neuron activity are poorly understood. The major source of forebrain serotonergic innervation is from the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR), which contains both serotonin and GABA neurons. Using viral tracing combined with electrophysiology, we found that GABA and serotonin neurons in the DR receive excitatory, inhibitory, and peptidergic inputs from the same specific brain regions. Embedded in this overall similarity are important differences. Serotonin neurons are more likely to receive synaptic inputs from anterior neocortex while GABA neurons receive disproportionally higher input from the central amygdala. Local input mapping revealed extensive serotonin-serotonin as well as GABA-serotonin connectivity with a distinct spatial organization. Covariance analysis suggests heterogeneity of both serotonin and GABA neurons with respect to the inputs they receive. These analyses provide a foundation for further functional dissection of the serotonin system.

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AnimalsDorsal Raphe NucleusGABAergic Neuronsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMiceMice, TransgenicPatch-Clamp TechniquesSerotoninSynapsesgamma-Aminobutyric AcidSerotonin

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PMID25102560
PMCPMC4779447
OpenAlexW2080478852

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