Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27127458›Full record

ReviewNeural regeneration research2016

Deconstructing brain-derived neurotrophic factor actions in adult brain circuits to bridge an existing informational gap in neuro-cell biology.

Heather Bowling, Aditi Bhattacharya, Eric Klann, Moses V Chao

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Neural regeneration research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Meta-Analysis of BDNF Levels in Autism.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2017
    Pooled it
  2. An Ethnopharmacological Survey on Medicinally Important Plants of Genus Salvia.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025
    Review
  3. Natural Compounds ofBiomedicines · 2023
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. [Promotion of transplanted collagen scaffolds combined with brain-derived neurotrophic factor for axonal regeneration and motor function recovery in rats after transected spinal cord injury].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2018
    Article
  8. Harnessing migraines for neural regeneration.Neural regeneration research · 2018
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
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 2 countries.

Heather BowlingCenter for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-4066
Aditi BhattacharyaCenter for Brain Development and Repair, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6260-2897
Eric KlannCenter for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Moses V ChaoDepartments of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
New York University · USInstitute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine · IN

Funding

TITLE REGULATION OF NEURONAL MITOSISP01HD023315 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DREYFUS, CHERYL F · 1987 to 2013
$17.5M
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTORR01NS021072 · NINDS · WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CHAO, MOSES VICTOR · 1985 to 2015
$5.8M
Translation Regulation in Hippocampal LTP and LTDR01NS047384 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2005 to 2020
$5.2M
Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in the HippocampusR01NS034007 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2000 to 2012
$4.2M
eIF2alpha Phosphorylation in Synaptic Plasticity, Memory, and Brain DisordersR37NS034007 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2014 to 2020
$3.3M
Molecular Analysis of Neurotrophin ActionR56NS021072 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CHAO, MOSES VICTOR · 2011 to 2017
$882k
OXIDATIVE ACTIVATION OF PKC DURING INDUCTION OF LTPR29NS034007 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLANN, ERIC · 1995 to 1999
–
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD023315NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS021072NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034007NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047384NINDS NIH HHS R29 NS034007NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS034007NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS021072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in neurodevelopment, synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and in preventing neurodegeneration. Despite decades of investigations into downstream signaling cascades and changes in cellular processes, the mechanisms of how BDNF reshapes circuits in vivo remain unclear. This informational gap partly arises from the fact that the bulk of studies into the molecular actions of BDNF have been performed in dissociated neuronal cultures, while the majority of studies on synaptic plasticity, learning and memory were performed in acute brain slices or in vivo. A recent study by Bowling-Bhattacharya et al., measured the proteomic changes in acute adult hippocampal slices following treatment and reported changes in proteins of neuronal and non-neuronal origin that may in concert modulate synaptic release and secretion in the slice. In this paper, we place these findings into the context of existing literature and discuss how they impact our understanding of how BDNF can reshape the brain.

Indexed as

adult slice proteomicsBDNFBONCATBONLAChippocampusneuroproteomicsprotein synthesisSILAC

Identifiers

PMID27127458
PMCPMC4828984
OpenAlexW2326926982

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.