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ReviewFrontiers in neural circuits2019

Cellular, Synaptic and Network Effects of Acetylcholine in the Neocortex.

Cristina Colangelo, Polina Shichkova, Daniel Keller, Henry Markram, Srikanth Ramaswamy

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Review in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cristina ColangeloBlue Brain Project, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland.
Polina ShichkovaBlue Brain Project, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland.
Daniel KellerBlue Brain Project, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland.
Henry MarkramBlue Brain Project, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland.
Srikanth RamaswamyBlue Brain Project, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neocortex is densely innervated by basal forebrain (BF) cholinergic neurons. Long-range axons of cholinergic neurons regulate higher-order cognitive function and dysfunction in the neocortex by releasing acetylcholine (ACh). ACh release dynamically reconfigures neocortical microcircuitry through differential spatiotemporal actions on cell-types and their synaptic connections. At the cellular level, ACh release controls neuronal excitability and firing rate, by hyperpolarizing or depolarizing target neurons. At the synaptic level, ACh impacts transmission dynamics not only by altering the presynaptic probability of release, but also the magnitude of the postsynaptic response. Despite the crucial role of ACh release in physiology and pathophysiology, a comprehensive understanding of the way it regulates the activity of diverse neocortical cell-types and synaptic connections has remained elusive. This review aims to summarize the state-of-the-art anatomical and physiological data to develop a functional map of the cellular, synaptic and microcircuit effects of ACh in the neocortex of rodents and non-human primates, and to serve as a quantitative reference for those intending to build data-driven computational models on the role of ACh in governing brain states.

Indexed as

Models, NeurologicalAcetylcholineAnimalsComputer SimulationNeocortexSynaptic TransmissionAcetylcholineacetylcholineAch receptorscellular excitabilityneocortexnetwork activityneuromodulationsynaptic transmission

Identifiers

PMID31031601
PMCPMC6473068
OpenAlexW2940196652

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