Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29950725›Full record

ArticleNature2018

Structure of a human synaptic GABA

Shaotong Zhu, Colleen M Noviello, Jinfeng Teng, Richard M Walsh, Jeong Joo Kim, Ryan E Hibbs

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 265 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
265citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
25.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

265 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 560 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shaotong ZhuDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Colleen M NovielloDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Jinfeng TengDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Richard M WalshDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Jeong Joo KimDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Ryan E HibbsDepartments of Neuroscience and Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. ryan.hibbs@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

DIVISION OF CELL &MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008203 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI COBB, MELANIE H. · 1987 to 2018
$7.0M
Structural studies of heteromeric nicotinic acetylcholine receptors - Diversity SupplementR01DA042072 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HIBBS, RYAN E · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
3D Structure and mechanism of the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorR01NS095899 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HIBBS, RYAN E · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Structural biology of the alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorR33DA037492 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HIBBS, RYAN E · 2017 to 2018
$802k
Structural biology of the alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorR21DA037492 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HIBBS, RYAN E · 2014 to 2015
$368k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042072NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA037492NIDA NIH HHS R33 DA037492NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008203NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fast inhibitory neurotransmission in the brain is principally mediated by the neurotransmitter GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) and its synaptic target, the type A GABA receptor (GABA

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyBenzodiazepinesBicucullineBinding, CompetitiveBrain ChemistryCell MembraneFlumazenilGABA Modulatorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGlycosylationHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsLigandsModels, MolecularReceptors, GABA-ABenzodiazepinesBicucullineFlumazenilGABA Modulatorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsLigandsReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID29950725
PMCPMC6220708
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