Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30120016›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2019

Regulation of synaptic plasticity in hippocampal area CA2.

Kelly E Carstens, Serena M Dudek

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A dendrite-resolved,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  6. The how and why for multiple forms of hippocampal LTP.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2026
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  13. Prenatal exposure to the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist spironolactone disrupts hippocampal area CA2 connectivity and alters behavior in mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  14. Synapses tagged, memories kept: synaptic tagging and capture hypothesis in brain health and disease.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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  15. Identification of hippocampal area CA2 in hamster and vole brain.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2024
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  16. Identification of hippocampal area CA2 in hamster and vole brain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  19. Estimation of cAMP binding in hippocampus CA1 field by a fluorescent probe.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelly E CarstensNeurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Serena M DudekNeurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. Electronic address: dudek@niehs.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Mechanisms Of Synaptic Plasticity In The Adult And Developing Nervous SystemZIAES100221 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DUDEK, SERENA M · 2009 to 2025
$47.4M
Synaptic Plasticity In The Adult And Developing NSZ01ES100221 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DUDEK, SERENA M · 2002 to 2008
$3.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES100221Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES100221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus is thought to play a vital role in both the refinement of neuronal circuits during development and in learning in the mature brain. Synapses in hippocampal area CA1 are known for a robust capacity for long-term potentiation (LTP), whereas synapses in the stratum radiatum of hippocampal area CA2 are particularly resistant to such changes. Although we have yet to fully understand the mechanisms behind this resistance to plasticity, a number of genes and extracellular matrix components highly expressed in CA2 appear to function as molecular brakes on plasticity and develop postnatally in the rodent brain. Curiously, the developmental profile of several CA2-enriched molecules is suggestive of a still undefined critical window of plasticity in the hippocampus.

Indexed as

AnimalsCA2 Region, HippocampalHumansNeuronal PlasticityPyramidal CellsSynapses

Identifiers

PMID30120016
PMCPMC6361679
OpenAlexW2886687035

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