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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2017

NMDA receptors: linking physiological output to biophysical operation.

Gary J Iacobucci, Gabriela K Popescu

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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95citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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35 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

2 authors.

Gary J IacobucciDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), 144 Farber Hall, 3435 Main street, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.
Gabriela K PopescuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), 144 Farber Hall, 3435 Main street, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA.

Funding

Probing allosteric surfaces of NMDA receptorsR01NS052669 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI POPESCU, GABRIELA K · 2006 to 2015
$3.4M
Gating Mechanism of NMDA ReceptorsR01NS108750 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI POPESCU, GABRIELA K · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
Permeation Mechanisms in NMDA receptorsR01NS097016 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI POPESCU, GABRIELA K · 2016 to 2019
$1.4M
Mechanical Activation of NMDA ReceptorsR21NS098385 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI POPESCU, GABRIELA K · 2016 to 2017
$439k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052669NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097016NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS108750NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS098385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NMDA receptors are preeminent neurotransmitter-gated channels in the CNS, which respond to glutamate in a manner that integrates multiple external and internal cues. They belong to the ionotropic glutamate receptor family and fulfil unique and crucial roles in neuronal development and function. These roles depend on characteristic response kinetics, which reflect the operation of the receptors. Here, we review biologically salient features of the NMDA receptor signal and its mechanistic origins. Knowledge of distinctive NMDA receptor biophysical properties, their structural determinants and physiological roles is necessary to understand the physiological and neurotoxic actions of glutamate and to design effective therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlutamic AcidHumansKineticsModels, NeurologicalReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynaptic TransmissionGlutamic AcidReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID28303017
PMCPMC5640446

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