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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2017

In the loop: how chromatin topology links genome structure to function in mechanisms underlying learning and memory.

L Ashley Watson, Li-Huei Tsai

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. MeCP2 Levels Regulate the 3D Structure of Heterochromatic Foci in Mouse Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  19. Chromatin Regulation in Complex Brain Disorders.Current opinion in behavioral sciences · 2019
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L Ashley WatsonPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, USA.
Li-Huei TsaiPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 46, Room 4235A, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: lhtsai@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Targeting a Novel Regulator of Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT- SAGE)R01AG046174 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI TSAI, LI-HUEI, YANKNER, BRUCE A · 2014 to 2018
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NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Different aspects of learning, memory, and cognition are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms such as covalent DNA modifications and histone post-translational modifications. More recently, the modulation of chromatin architecture and nuclear organization is emerging as a key factor in dynamic transcriptional regulation of the post-mitotic neuron. For instance, neuronal activity induces relocalization of gene loci to 'transcription factories', and specific enhancer-promoter looping contacts allow for precise transcriptional regulation. Moreover, neuronal activity-dependent DNA double-strand break formation in the promoter of immediate early genes appears to overcome topological constraints on transcription. Together, these findings point to a critical role for genome topology in integrating dynamic environmental signals to define precise spatiotemporal gene expression programs supporting cognitive processes.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGenomeChromatinHistonesHumansLearningMemoryChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID28024185
PMCPMC5447486
OpenAlexW2564861566

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