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ReviewFrontiers in integrative neuroscience2016

Role of Astroglial Hemichannels and Pannexons in Memory and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Juan A Orellana, Mauricio A Retamal, Rodrigo Moraga-Amaro, Jimmy Stehberg

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Review in Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Role of astrocytes connexins - pannexins in acute brain injury.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  4. The role of astrocytes in depression, its prevention, and treatment by targeting astroglial gliotransmitter release.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  9. Acute activation of hemichannels by ethanol leads to CaFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  12. Inhibition of connexin hemichannels alleviates neuroinflammation and hyperexcitability in temporal lobe epilepsy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  20. Connexin Hemichannels in Astrocytes: Role in CNS Disorders.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Juan A OrellanaDepartamento de Neurología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile.
Mauricio A RetamalCentro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago, Chile.
Rodrigo Moraga-AmaroLaboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Andres Bello Santiago, Chile.
Jimmy StehbergLaboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Andres Bello Santiago, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under physiological conditions, astroglial hemichannels and pannexons allow the release of gliotransmitters from astrocytes. These gliotransmitters are critical in modulating synaptic transmission, plasticity and memory. However, recent evidence suggests that under pathological conditions, they may be central in the development of various neurodegenerative diseases. Here we review current literature on the role of astroglial hemichannels and pannexons in memory, stress and the development of neurodegenerative diseases, and propose that they are not only crucial for normal brain function, including memory, but also a potential target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

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astrocytesconnexin 43connexin hemichannelsCx hemichannelsmemorypannexin

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PMID27489539
PMCPMC4951483

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