Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32674057›Full record

ArticleiScience2020

A Viral Toolbox of Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Synaptic Tags.

Seth Bensussen, Sneha Shankar, Kimberley H Ching, Dana Zemel, Tina L Ta, Rebecca A Mount, Sanaya N Shroff, Howard J Gritton, Pierre Fabris, Hannah Vanbenschoten and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in iScience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. CXCL12 Engages Cortical Inhibitory Neurons to Enhance Dendritic Spine Plasticity and Structured Network Activity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Presynaptic Rac1 in the hippocampus selectively regulates working memory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
    Article
  17. Article
  18. Quantitative Fluorescence Analysis Reveals Dendrite-Specific Thalamocortical Plasticity in L5 Pyramidal Neurons during Learning.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
    Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seth BensussenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Sneha ShankarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Kimberley H ChingDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Dana ZemelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Tina L TaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Rebecca A MountDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Sanaya N ShroffDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Howard J GrittonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Pierre FabrisDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Hannah VanbenschotenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Connor BeckDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Heng-Ye ManDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Xue HanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: xuehan@bu.edu.
Boston University · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYT32GM008764 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI WHITE, JOHN A. · 2001 to 2021
$5.9M
Unveiling the mechanisms of ultrasound neuromodulation via spatially confined stimulation and temporally resolved recordingR01NS109794 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CHENG, JI-XIN, HAN, XUE · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
Light-Actuatable NanoRobots for Molecular UncagingDP2NS082126 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HAN, XUE · 2012 to 2017
$2.9M
Causal Analysis of Electrically Connected Neural NetworksR01NS087950 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HAN, XUE · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
Characterize the functional connectivity of hippocampal adult neurogenesis during critical periodR21MH109941 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HAN, XUE · 2016 to 2017
$452k
Advanced laser scanning confocal microscope for multiple usersS10OD024993 · OD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MERTZ, JEROME · 2018 to 2018
$448k
Voltage imaging of striatal neuron activity during movementF31NS115421 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI SHROFF, SANAYA NESS · 2019 to 2022
$96k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008764NIH HHS S10 OD024993NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH109941NINDS NIH HHS DP2 NS082126NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS115421NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087950NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibronectin intrabodies generated with mRNA display (FingRs) are a recently developed tool for labeling excitatory or inhibitory synapses, with the benefit of not altering endogenous synaptic protein expression levels or synaptic transmission. Here, we generated a viral vector FingR toolbox that allows for multi-color, neuron-type-specific labeling of excitatory or inhibitory synapses in multiple brain regions. We screened various fluorophores, FingR fusion configurations, and transcriptional control regulations in adeno-associated virus (AAV) and retrovirus vector designs. We report the development of a red FingR variant and demonstrated dual labeling of excitatory and inhibitory synapses in the same cells. Furthermore, we developed cre-inducible FingR AAV variants and demonstrated their utility, finding that the density of inhibitory synapses in aspiny striatal cholinergic interneurons remained unchanged in response to dopamine depletion. Finally, we generated FingR retroviral vectors, which enabled us to track the development of excitatory and inhibitory synapses in hippocampal adult-born granule cells.

Indexed as

Biological SciencesNeuroscienceTechniques in Neuroscience

Identifiers

PMID32674057
PMCPMC7363701
OpenAlexW3040593526

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.