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ReviewNeural plasticity2015

Astrocyte and Neuronal Plasticity in the Somatosensory System.

Robert E Sims, John B Butcher, H Rheinallt Parri, Stanislaw Glazewski

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A requirement for astrocyte IPFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022
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  11. The Gliocentric Brain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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  13. Cortico-Amygdala-Striatal Activation by Modafinil/Flecainide Combination.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert E SimsSchool of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
John B ButcherSchool of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG, UK.
H Rheinallt ParriSchool of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
Stanislaw GlazewskiSchool of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG, UK.
Aston University · GBKeele University · GB

Funding

FDA HHS BB/J017809/1FDA HHS BB/J018422/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changing the whisker complement on a rodent's snout can lead to two forms of experience-dependent plasticity (EDP) in the neurons of the barrel cortex, where whiskers are somatotopically represented. One form, termed coding plasticity, concerns changes in synaptic transmission and connectivity between neurons. This is thought to underlie learning and memory processes and so adaptation to a changing environment. The second, called homeostatic plasticity, serves to maintain a restricted dynamic range of neuronal activity thus preventing its saturation or total downregulation. Current explanatory models of cortical EDP are almost exclusively neurocentric. However, in recent years, increasing evidence has emerged on the role of astrocytes in brain function, including plasticity. Indeed, astrocytes appear as necessary partners of neurons at the core of the mechanisms of coding and homeostatic plasticity recorded in neurons. In addition to neuronal plasticity, several different forms of astrocytic plasticity have recently been discovered. They extend from changes in receptor expression and dynamic changes in morphology to alteration in gliotransmitter release. It is however unclear how astrocytic plasticity contributes to the neuronal EDP. Here, we review the known and possible roles for astrocytes in the barrel cortex, including its plasticity.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesHumansNeuronal PlasticitySignal TransductionSomatosensory Cortex

Identifiers

PMID26345481
PMCPMC4539490
OpenAlexW1867134802

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