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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2017

Seeding and transgenic overexpression of alpha-synuclein triggers dendritic spine pathology in the neocortex.

Sonja Blumenstock, Eva F Rodrigues, Finn Peters, Lidia Blazquez-Llorca, Felix Schmidt, Armin Giese, Jochen Herms

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sonja BlumenstockCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8124-3295
Eva F RodriguesGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.
Finn PetersGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3062-9825
Lidia Blazquez-LlorcaDepartamento de Psicobiología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4865-8974
Felix SchmidtCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Armin GieseCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8238-4102
Jochen HermsCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany jochen.herms@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6201-1042
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although misfolded and aggregated α-synuclein (α-syn) is recognized in the disease progression of synucleinopathies, its role in the impairment of cortical circuitries and synaptic plasticity remains incompletely understood. We investigated how α-synuclein accumulation affects synaptic plasticity in the mouse somatosensory cortex using two distinct approaches. Long-term

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Up-RegulationAgingalpha-SynucleinAnimalsDendritic SpinesFemaleHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeocortexProtein Aggregation, PathologicalPyramidal Cellsalpha-SynucleinSNCA protein, humanalpha‐synucleindendritic spinesin vivo imagingseedingsynucleinopathies

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PMID28351932
PMCPMC5412764
OpenAlexW2599373832

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