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ReviewNeural plasticity2016

In Sickness and in Health: Perineuronal Nets and Synaptic Plasticity in Psychiatric Disorders.

Harry Pantazopoulos, Sabina Berretta

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harry PantazopoulosTranslational Neuroscience Laboratory, Mclean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Sabina BerrettaTranslational Neuroscience Laboratory, Mclean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Disruption of Extracellular Matrix-Glial Interactions in SchizophreniaR01MH086522 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI BERRETTA, SABINA · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
Thalamic axonal pathways and extracellular matrix abnormalities in schizophreniaR01MH105608 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI BERRETTA, SABINA · 2015 to 2018
$1.8M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH086522NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH105608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapidly emerging evidence implicates perineuronal nets (PNNs) and extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules that compose or interact with PNNs, in the pathophysiology of several psychiatric disorders. Studies on schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, mood disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and epilepsy point to the involvement of ECM molecules such as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, Reelin, and matrix metalloproteases, as well as their cell surface receptors. In many of these disorders, PNN abnormalities have also been reported. In the context of the "quadripartite" synapse concept, that is, the functional unit composed of the pre- and postsynaptic terminals, glial processes, and ECM, and of the role that PNNs and ECM molecules play in regulating synaptic functions and plasticity, these findings resonate with one of the most well-replicated aspects of the pathology of psychiatric disorders, that is, synaptic abnormalities. Here we review the evidence for PNN/ECM-related pathology in these disorders, with particular emphasis on schizophrenia, and discuss the hypothesis that such pathology may significantly contribute to synaptic dysfunction.

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AnimalsBrainExtracellular MatrixHumansMental DisordersNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityReelin ProteinSynapsesReelin Protein

Identifiers

PMID26839720
PMCPMC4709762
OpenAlexW2179082886

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