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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2017

miRNAs in synapse development and synaptic plasticity.

Zhonghua Hu, Zheng Li

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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 96 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.7field-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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Role of microRNAs in the pathophysiology of addiction.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2021
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  10. MicroRNAs as biomarkers and molecular mediators of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  17. Competition effects regulating the composition of the microRNA pool.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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36 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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhonghua HuSection on Synapse Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, United States; Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus, United States.
Zheng LiSection on Synapse Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, United States. Electronic address: lizheng2@mail.nih.gov.
National Institute of Mental Health · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Non-apoptotic function of casapses in synapsesZIAMH002881 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI LI, ZHENG · 2009 to 2025
$18.9M
Neuregulin in the development of hippocampal neuronsZIAMH002882 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI LI, ZHENG · 2009 to 2021
$7.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002881
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapses are functional units of the nervous system, through which information is transferred between neurons. The development and activity-dependent modification of synapses require temporally and spatially controlled modulation of gene expression. microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as essential regulators of gene expression. They are small non-coding RNAs that regulate mRNA stability and translation by interacting with the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of mRNAs. miRNAs are located to neuronal processes to regulate protein synthesis locally and their expression is regulated by synaptic activity. This article reviews recent findings on the role of miRNAs in synapse development and synaptic plasticity.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationMicroRNAsNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSynapsesMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID28334640
PMCPMC5554733
OpenAlexW2600940151

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