Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27828941›Full record

ArticleNature2016

Neuromodulators signal through astrocytes to alter neural circuit activity and behaviour.

Zhiguo Ma, Tobias Stork, Dwight E Bergles, Marc R Freeman

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Article in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers.

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159citing papers in PubMed
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

159 citing papers in PubMed, 252 citations in OpenAlex.

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99 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhiguo MaDepartment of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
Tobias StorkDepartment of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
Dwight E BerglesSolomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Marc R FreemanDepartment of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Semaphorin Signaling and Plasticity at the Excitatory SynapseP50MH100024 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L · 2013 to 2017
$9.5M
The Draper signaling pathway in Drosophila glial immune functionsR01NS053538 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Marc R Freeman · 2006 to 2026
$5.3M
Astrocyte control of neural circuits and behaviorR37NS053538 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FREEMAN, MARC R · 2016 to 2022
$2.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIMH NIH HHS P50 MH100024NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS053538NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS053538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes associate with synapses throughout the brain and express receptors for neurotransmitters that can increase intracellular calcium (Ca

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingNeural PathwaysSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsAstrocytesCalciumChemotaxisDopaminergic NeuronsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEndocytosisNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsOctopamineReceptors, Biogenic AmineReceptors, Purinergic P1CalciumDrosophila ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsOctopamineReceptors, Biogenic AmineReceptors, Purinergic P1Transient Receptor Potential ChannelsTyraminetyramine receptorTyrosine Decarboxylasewtrw protein, Drosophila

Identifiers

PMID27828941
PMCPMC5161596
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Registered trials

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