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The Purinergic Receptor P2rx3 is Required for Spiral Ganglion Neuron Branch Refinement during Development.

Zhirong Wang, Johnny S Jung, Talya C Inbar, Katherine M Rangoussis, Christian Faaborg-Andersen, Thomas M Coate

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Article in eNeuro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Medial Olivocochlear Efferent Modulation of Cochlear Micromechanics Requires P2X4 Receptor in Outer Hair Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  7. Cochlear hair cell innervation is dependent on a modulatory function of Semaphorin-3A.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2023
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  8. Purinergic Signalling in the Cochlea.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  10. Purinergic Signaling Controls Spontaneous Activity in the Auditory System throughout Early Development.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhirong WangDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Johnny S JungDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Talya C InbarDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Katherine M RangoussisDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Christian Faaborg-AndersenDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Thomas M CoateDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007 tmc91@georgetown.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2301-1151
Georgetown University · US

Funding

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Cochlear InnervationR01DC016595 · NIDCD · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI Thomas M Coate · 2018 to 2026
$4.4M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian cochlea undergoes a highly dynamic process of growth and innervation during development. This process includes spiral ganglion neuron (SGN) branch refinement, a process whereby Type I SGNs undergo a phase of "debranching" before forming unramified synaptic contacts with inner hair cells. Using

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NeuronsSpiral GanglionAnimalsCochleaFemaleHair Cells, Auditory, InnerMaleMiceReceptors, PurinergicReceptors, Purinergic P2X3Transcription Factor Brn-3AP2rx3 protein, mousePou4f1 protein, mouseReceptors, PurinergicReceptors, Purinergic P2X3Transcription Factor Brn-3Aauditorycochleahair cellpurinergicspiral ganglionsynapse formation

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PMID32675174
PMCPMC7418533
OpenAlexW3043447700

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