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ReviewCurrent topics in developmental biology2015

Cadherin-based transsynaptic networks in establishing and modifying neural connectivity.

Lauren G Friedman, Deanna L Benson, George W Huntley

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Review in Current topics in developmental biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Fluid markers of synapse degeneration in synucleinopathies.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lauren G FriedmanFishberg Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Deanna L BensonFishberg Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
George W HuntleyFishberg Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA. Electronic address: george.huntley@mssm.edu.
Allen Institute for Brain Science · US

Funding

Training Program in Mental Health ResearchT32MH096678 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI SALTON, STEPHEN R, SHAPIRO, MATTHEW L · 2012 to 2016
$1.1M
Role of Sema7A in functional organization of neocortexR01MH095229 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BENSON, DEANNA L, HUNTLEY, GEORGE W. · 2012 to 2013
$790k
Molecular control of prefrontal cortical circuitry in autismR21MH100600 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI HUNTLEY, GEORGE W. · 2014 to 2015
$466k
A connectivity-based synaptomeR21MH099778 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BENSON, DEANNA L · 2012 to 2013
$458k
NIMH NIH HHS MH095229NIMH NIH HHS MH099778NIMH NIH HHS MH100600NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH095229NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH099778NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH100600NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH096678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is tacitly understood that cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are critically important for the development of cells, circuits, and synapses in the brain. What is less clear is what CAMs continue to contribute to brain structure and function after the early period of development. Here, we focus on the cadherin family of CAMs to first briefly recap their multidimensional roles in neural development and then to highlight emerging data showing that with maturity, cadherins become largely dispensible for maintaining neuronal and synaptic structure, instead displaying new and narrower roles at mature synapses where they critically regulate dynamic aspects of synaptic signaling, structural plasticity, and cognitive function. At mature synapses, cadherins are an integral component of multiprotein networks, modifying synaptic signaling, morphology, and plasticity through collaborative interactions with other CAM family members as well as a variety of neurotransmitter receptors, scaffolding proteins, and other effector molecules. Such recognition of the ever-evolving functions of synaptic cadherins may yield insight into the pathophysiology of brain disorders in which cadherins have been implicated and that manifest at different times of life.

Indexed as

Neuronal PlasticitySynaptic TransmissionAnimalsBrainCadherinsHumansSignal TransductionSynapsesCadherinsCell adhesion moleculesCognitionLTPN-CadherinNeural developmentProtocadherinsSynaptic plasticity

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PMID25733148
PMCPMC4418560
OpenAlexW203081881

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