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ReviewBrain research2016

Specificity and impact of adrenergic projections to the midbrain dopamine system.

Carlos A Mejias-Aponte

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Review in Brain research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Synaptic Vesicle Priming Protein Munc13 Mediates Evoked Somatodendritic Dopamine Release.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  11. Locus Coeruleus Integrity Is Linked to Response Inhibition Deficits in Parkinson's Disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  18. Neurobiological Bases of Alcohol Consumption After Social Stress.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carlos A Mejias-AponteNational Institute on Drug Abuse Histology Core, Neuronal Networks Section, Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: mejiasca@mail.nih.gov.
National Institute on Drug Abuse · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopamine (DA) is a neuromodulator that regulates different brain circuits involved in cognitive functions, motor coordination, and emotions. Dysregulation of DA is associated with many neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson's disease and substance abuse. Several lines of research have shown that the midbrain DA system is regulated by the central adrenergic system. This review focuses on adrenergic interactions with midbrain DA neurons. It discusses the current neuroanatomy including source of adrenergic innervation, type of synapses, and adrenoceptors expression. It also discusses adrenergic regulation of DA cell activity and neurotransmitter release. Finally, it reviews several neurological and psychiatric disorders where changes in adrenergic system are associated with dysregulation of the midbrain DA system. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI: Noradrenergic System.

Indexed as

AnimalsDopamineHumansMesencephalonNeural PathwaysNeuronsNorepinephrineDopamineNorepinephrineAddictionAnatomyDopamineNorepinephrinePhysiologyPrefrontal cortex

Identifiers

PMID26820641
PMCPMC4879068
OpenAlexW2252270618

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Registered trials

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