Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29289347›Full record

ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2018

Releasing Addiction Memories Trapped in Perineuronal Nets.

Amy W Lasek, Hu Chen, Wei-Yang Chen

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Critical Periods and Beyond: Dynamic Functions of Perineuronal Nets in Cognition, Development, and Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  17. Net gain and loss: influence of natural rewards and drugs of abuse on perineuronal nets.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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  18. Neural Mechanisms Mediating Sex Differences in Motivation for Reward: Cognitive Bias, Food, Gambling, and Drugs of Abuse.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  20. A Progressive Build-up of Perineuronal Nets in the Somatosensory Cortex Is Associated with the Development of Chronic Pain in Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy W LasekCenter for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics and Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: alasek@uic.edu.
Hu ChenCenter for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics and Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Wei-Yang ChenCenter for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics and Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Pilot Project Program P50AA022538 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SUBHASH C. PANDEY · 2015 to 2026
$21.3M
Regulation of Excessive Alcohol Consumption by the Lmo-Alk AxisU01AA020912 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Amy Wolven Lasek · 2011 to 2026
$5.4M
Mechanisms of Estrogen Action in Enhancing Behavioral Responses to CocaineR01DA033429 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LASEK, AMY WOLVEN · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA022538NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA020912NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug addiction can be conceptualized at a basic level as maladaptive learning and memory. Addictive substances elicit changes in brain circuitry involved in reward, cognition, and emotional state, leading to the formation and persistence of strong drug-associated memories that lead to craving and relapse. Recently, perineuronal nets (PNNs), extracellular matrix (ECM) structures surrounding neurons, have emerged as regulators of learning, memory, and addiction behaviors. PNNs do not merely provide structural support to neurons but are dynamically remodeled in an experience-dependent manner by metalloproteinases. They function in various brain regions through constituent proteins such as brevican that are implicated in neural plasticity. Understanding the function of PNN components in memory processes may lead to new therapeutic approaches to treating addiction.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainExtracellular MatrixHumansMemoryModels, NeurologicalNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSubstance-Related Disordersaddictionalcoholbrevicanmemorymetalloproteinaseperineuronal nets

Identifiers

PMID29289347
PMCPMC5834377
OpenAlexW2777683237

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Registered trials

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