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ArticleNature communications2020

Astrocytes modulate sensory-evoked neuronal network activity.

Justin Lines, Eduardo D Martin, Paulo Kofuji, Juan Aguilar, Alfonso Araque

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Justin LinesDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Eduardo D MartinInstituto Cajal, CSIC, Av. Dr. Arce, 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1768-3488
Paulo KofujiDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Juan Aguilar *Experimental Neurophysiology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos SESCAM, Finca La Peraleda s/n, 45071, Toledo, Spain. jdaguilar@sescam.jccm.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-3923
Alfonso Araque *Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. araque@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3840-1144
University of Minnesota · USInstituto Cajal · ESServicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha · ES

Funding

Viral Innovation CoreP30DA048742 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI TIMOTHY J EBNER · 2020 to 2026
$19.0M
Visual TestingP30EY011374 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI NEWMAN, ERIC A · 1996 to 2019
$8.8M
Astrocyte activity in amygdala-related fear conditioned behaviorsR01MH119355 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ARAQUE, ALFONSO, KOFUJI, PAULO · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Role of astrocytes in dopamine signaling and psychostimulant effectsR01DA048822 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ARAQUE, ALFONSO · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
Astrocyte-neuron interaction in behavior driven by striatal information processingR01NS097312 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ARAQUE, ALFONSO, REDISH, A DAVID · 2016 to 2019
$1.8M
Cortical Astrocyte - Neuronal Network Pathophysiology in Alzheimer's Disease In VivoF31AG057155 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LINES, JUSTIN · 2018 to 2020
$82k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY011374NIA NIH HHS F31 AG057155NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA048742NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA048822NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119355NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While neurons principally mediate brain function, astrocytes are emerging as cells with important neuromodulatory actions in brain physiology. In addition to homeostatic roles, astrocytes respond to neurotransmitters with calcium transients stimulating the release of gliotransmitters that regulate synaptic and neuronal functions. We investigated astrocyte-neuronal network interactions in vivo by combining two-photon microscopy to monitor astrocyte calcium and electrocorticogram to record neuronal network activity in the somatosensory cortex during sensory stimulation. We found astrocytes respond to sensory stimuli in a stimulus-dependent manner. Sensory stimuli elicit a surge of neuronal network activity in the gamma range (30-50 Hz) followed by a delayed astrocyte activity that dampens the steady-state gamma activity. This sensory-evoked gamma activity increase is enhanced in transgenic mice with impaired astrocyte calcium signaling and is decreased by pharmacogenetic stimulation of astrocytes. Therefore, cortical astrocytes respond to sensory inputs and regulate sensory-evoked neuronal network activity maximizing its dynamic range.

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AnimalsAstrocytesCalciumElectric StimulationFemaleGamma RhythmMaleMiceNerve NetSensory Receptor CellsSomatosensory CortexCalcium

Identifiers

PMID32704144
PMCPMC7378834
OpenAlexW3044371294

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