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ReviewNeuron2014

Illuminating the multifaceted roles of neurotransmission in shaping neuronal circuitry.

Haruhisa Okawa, Mrinalini Hoon, Takeshi Yoshimatsu, Luca Della Santina, Rachel O L Wong

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Review in Neuron, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing 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

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic specificity and retinal circuit formation.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2021
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  12. IGFBP2 Plays an Essential Role in Cognitive Development during Early Life.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2019
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  20. DSCAM-mediated control of dendritic and axonal arbor outgrowth enforces tiling and inhibits synaptic plasticity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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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

5 authors.

Haruhisa Okawa *Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195, USA.
Mrinalini Hoon *Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195, USA.
Takeshi YoshimatsuDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195, USA.
Luca Della SantinaDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195, USA.
Rachel O L WongDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195, USA.

Funding

Vision Research CoreP30EY001730 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JAMES Bryant HURLEY · 1985 to 2026
$23.5M
INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION IN RETINAL DEVELOPMENTR01EY010699 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WONG, RACHEL O · 1994 to 2024
$8.6M
Circuit Assembly in the Vertebrate Retina-SupplementR01EY017101 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WONG, RACHEL O · 2006 to 2020
$4.7M
In Vivo Analysis of the Developing Vertebrate RetinaR01EY014358 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WONG, RACHEL O · 2003 to 2016
$4.3M
NEI NIH HHS EY01730NEI NIH HHS EY10699NEI NIH HHS EY14358NEI NIH HHS EY17101NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001730NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010699NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014358NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Across the nervous system, neurons form highly stereotypic patterns of synaptic connections that are designed to serve specific functions. Mature wiring patterns are often attained upon the refinement of early, less precise connectivity. Much work has led to the prevailing view that many developing circuits are sculpted by activity-dependent competition among converging afferents, which results in the elimination of unwanted synapses and the maintenance and strengthening of desired connections. Studies of the vertebrate retina, however, have recently revealed that activity can play a role in shaping developing circuits without engaging competition among converging inputs that differ in their activity levels. Such neurotransmission-mediated processes can produce stereotypic wiring patterns by promoting selective synapse formation rather than elimination. We discuss how the influence of transmission may also be limited by circuit design and further highlight the importance of transmission beyond development in maintaining wiring specificity and synaptic organization of neural circuits.

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AnimalsHumansNeural PathwaysNeuronsSynaptic Transmission

Identifiers

PMID25233313
PMCPMC4168971

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