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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2019

Locus coeruleus-norepinephrine modulation of sensory processing and perception: A focused review.

Jim McBurney-Lin, Ju Lu, Yi Zuo, Hongdian Yang

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 130 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jim McBurney-LinDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Ju LuDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Yi ZuoDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. Electronic address: yizuo@ucsc.edu.
Hongdian YangDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Electronic address: hongdian@ucr.edu.
University of California, Riverside · USUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · US

Funding

Top-Down Mechanisms and Modulation of Flexible Tactile DiscriminationR01NS112200 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI Hongdian Yang, Edward W Zagha · 2019 to 2026
$2.8M
Dynamics and molecular mechanism of synaptic connectivity change during learningR01MH104227 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI ZUO, YI · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
Contribution of astrocytes to the Fragile X SyndromeR01MH109475 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI ZUO, YI · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Locus Coeruleus-Norepinephrine Modulation of Sensory Response and Tactile PerceptionR01NS107355 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI YANG, HONGDIAN · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104227NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109475NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107355NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system is involved in many brain functions and neurological disorders. In this review we discuss how LC-NE signaling affects the activity of cortical and subcortical sensory neurons, and how it influences perception-driven behaviors associated with mammalian somatosensory, visual, auditory, and olfactory systems. We summarize the consistent as well as seemingly inconsistent findings across brain areas and sensory modalities and propose a framework to understand these phenomena from the perspective of adrenergic receptor expression, dose-dependent physiology and excitation-inhibition balance. We also discuss potential future research directions in this field.

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AnimalsCerebral CortexHumansLocus CoeruleusNorepinephrinePerceptionSensationSignal TransductionNorepinephrineDose-dependent responseE/I balanceLocus coeruleusNorepinephrinePerceptionSensory processingSignal-to-noise ratio

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PMID31260703
PMCPMC6742544
OpenAlexW2953649774

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