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ArticleNature communications2017

Afferent specific role of NMDA receptors for the circuit integration of hippocampal neurogliaform cells.

R Chittajallu, J C Wester, M T Craig, E Barksdale, X Q Yuan, G Akgül, C Fang, D Collins, S Hunt, K A Pelkey and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

R ChittajalluSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
J C WesterSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
M T CraigSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8481-6709
E BarksdaleSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
X Q YuanSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
G AkgülSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
C FangSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
D CollinsSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-1893
S HuntSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
K A PelkeySection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
C J McBainSection on Cellular and Synaptic Physiology, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA. mcbainc@mail.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5909-0157
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Cellular And Synaptic Physiology Of Hippocampal InterneuronsZIAHD001205 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI MCBAIN, CHRIS J. · 2009 to 2025
$45.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Appropriate integration of GABAergic interneurons into nascent cortical circuits is critical for ensuring normal information processing within the brain. Network and cognitive deficits associated with neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia, that result from NMDA receptor-hypofunction have been mainly attributed to dysfunction of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons that paradoxically express low levels of synaptic NMDA receptors. Here, we reveal that throughout postnatal development, thalamic, and entorhinal cortical inputs onto hippocampal neurogliaform cells are characterized by a large NMDA receptor-mediated component. This NMDA receptor-signaling is prerequisite for developmental programs ultimately responsible for the appropriate long-range AMPAR-mediated recruitment of neurogliaform cells. In contrast, AMPAR-mediated input at local Schaffer-collateral synapses on neurogliaform cells remains normal following NMDA receptor-ablation. These afferent specific deficits potentially impact neurogliaform cell mediated inhibition within the hippocampus and our findings reveal circuit loci implicating this relatively understudied interneuron subtype in the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by NMDA receptor-hypofunction.Proper brain function depends on the correct assembly of excitatory and inhibitory neurons into neural circuits. Here the authors show that during early postnatal development in mice, NMDAR signaling via activity of long-range synaptic inputs onto neurogliaform cells is required for their appropriate integration into the hippocampal circuitry.

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AnimalsCA3 Region, HippocampalDendritesEntorhinal CortexGABAergic NeuronsHippocampusInterneuronsMiceMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogliaNeuronal PlasticityNeurons, AfferentParvalbuminsPatch-Clamp TechniquesReceptors, AMPAGprin1 protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsParvalbuminsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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PMID28751664
PMCPMC5532276
OpenAlexW2738341948

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