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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2020

Purkinje Cell-Specific Knockout of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Impairs Cognitive Behaviors.

Timothy M Locke, Hirofumi Fujita, Avery Hunker, Shelby S Johanson, Martin Darvas, Sascha du Lac, Larry S Zweifel, Erik S Carlson

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy M LockeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Hirofumi FujitaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Avery HunkerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Shelby S JohansonGeriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, United States.
Martin DarvasDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Sascha du LacDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Larry S ZweifelDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Erik S CarlsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
University of Washington · USJohns Hopkins University · USGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center · USUniversity of Puget Sound · US

Funding

TRAINING IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RAIBLE, DAVID W · 1985 to 2020
$21.0M
Genetic Dissection of Catecholaminergic Innervation of the Cognitive CerebellumR01MH116883 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CARLSON, ERIK SEAN · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Cerebellar Output CircuitsR01NS105039 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DU LAC, SASCHA · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Genetic Dissection of Cerebellar Circuitry in Cognitive and Affective BehaviorK08MH104281 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CARLSON, ERIK SEAN · 2014 to 2017
$727k
Circuit and Molecular Anaylses of Cerebellar Output NeuronsR21NS095232 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DU LAC, SASCHA · 2015 to 2016
$446k
Cell type-specific calcium imaging during hippocampus-dependent memoryR21MH098177 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ZWEIFEL, LARRY S · 2012 to 2013
$417k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007270NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH104281NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116883NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH098177NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105039NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS095232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tyrosine hydroxylase (Th) expression has previously been reported in Purkinje cells (PCs) of rodents and humans, but its role in the regulation of behavior is not understood. Catecholamines are well known for facilitating cognitive behaviors and are expressed in many regions of the brain. Here, we investigated a possible role in cognitive behaviors of PC catecholamines, by mapping and testing functional roles of Th positive PCs in mice. Comprehensive mapping analyses revealed a distinct population of Th expressing PCs primarily in the posterior and lateral regions of the cerebellum (comprising about 18% of all PCs). To identify the role of PC catecholamines, we selectively knocked out Th in PCs using a conditional knockout approach, by crossing a Purkinje cell-selective Cre recombinase line,

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catecholaminecerebellumcognitiondopaminepurkinje cell

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PMID32848620
PMCPMC7403473
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