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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2016

GABAergic Function as a Limiting Factor for Prefrontal Maturation during Adolescence.

Adriana Caballero, Kuei Y Tseng

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Genetics of catatonia: a systematic review of case reports and a gene pathway analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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  8. Mesocorticolimbic connectivity and motivational sensitivity: sex-specific effects of puberty in early adolescence.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  10. Aperiodic Signatures of Stress Sensitivity and Depression Recurrence in Adolescents.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Adriana CaballeroDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
Kuei Y TsengDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA. Electronic address: kuei-yuan.tseng@rosalindfranklin.edu.

Funding

Monoaminergic regulation of prefrontal cortex inhibition during adolescenceR01MH086507 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Kuei-Yuan Tseng · 2010 to 2026
$5.7M
Adolescent Maturation of the Prefrontal Cortex: Modulation by CannabinoidsR01MH105488 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI TSENG, KUEI-YUAN · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH086507NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH105488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the onset of mental illnesses including schizophrenia and affective disorders, yet the neurodevelopmental processes underlying this vulnerability remain poorly understood. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) and its local GABAergic system are thought to contribute to the core of cognitive deficits associated with such disorders. However, clinical and preclinical end-point analyses performed in adults are likely to give limited insight into the cellular mechanisms that are altered during adolescence but are only manifested in adulthood. This perspective summarizes work regarding the developmental trajectories of the GABAergic system in the PFC during adolescence to provide an insight into the increased susceptibility to psychiatric disorders during this critical developmental period.

Indexed as

Animalsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidHumansPrefrontal CortexReceptors, GABA-Agamma-Aminobutyric AcidReceptors, GABA-AadolescencecalretininGABA(A)interneuronsparvalbuminprefrontal cortex

Identifiers

PMID27233681
PMCPMC4930717

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