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ReviewFrontiers in integrative neuroscience2015

Memory Formation Shaped by Astroglia.

Robert Zorec, Anemari Horvat, Nina Vardjan, Alexei Verkhratsky

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Review in Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Robert ZorecLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Celica Biomedical Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Anemari HorvatLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nina VardjanLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Celica Biomedical Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Alexei VerkhratskyLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Celica Biomedical Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester Manchester, UK ; Achucarro Center for Neuroscience, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao, Spain ; Department of Neurosciences, University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain ; University of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
University of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of the Basque Country · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes, the most heterogeneous glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS), execute a multitude of homeostatic functions and contribute to memory formation. Consolidation of synaptic and systemic memory is a prolonged process and hours are required to form long-term memory. In the past, neurons or their parts have been considered to be the exclusive cellular sites of these processes, however, it has now become evident that astrocytes provide an important and essential contribution to memory formation. Astrocytes participate in the morphological remodeling associated with synaptic plasticity, an energy-demanding process that requires mobilization of glycogen, which, in the CNS, is almost exclusively stored in astrocytes. Synaptic remodeling also involves bidirectional astroglial-neuronal communication supported by astroglial receptors and release of gliosignaling molecules. Astroglia exhibit cytoplasmic excitability that engages second messengers, such as Ca(2+), for phasic, and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), for tonic signal coordination with neuronal processes. The detection of signals by astrocytes and the release of gliosignaling molecules, in particular by vesicle-based mechanisms, occurs with a significant delay after stimulation, orders of magnitude longer than that present in stimulus-secretion coupling in neurons. These particular arrangements position astrocytes as integrators ideally tuned to support time-dependent memory formation.

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Identifiers

PMID26635551
PMCPMC4648070
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