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ArticleSTAR protocols2020

Protocol for Recording from Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons in Mice while Measuring Force during Head-Fixation.

Konstantin I Bakhurin, Ryan N Hughes, Joseph W Barter, Jinyong Zhang, Henry H Yin

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Article in STAR protocols, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Konstantin I BakhurinDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Ryan N HughesDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Joseph W BarterDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Jinyong ZhangDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Henry H YinDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Duke University · US

Funding

The Role of Opponent Basal Ganglia Outputs in BehaviorR01NS094754 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Henry Yin · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
Dissecting basal ganglia circuit mechanisms underlying instrumental learningR01DA040701 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Henry Yin · 2016 to 2026
$3.6M
Striatal Circuits for Goal PursuitR01MH112883 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YIN, HENRY · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA040701NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112883NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094754
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many studies in systems neuroscience use head-fixation preparations for

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsElectrophysiologyHeadMiceOptogeneticsRestraint, PhysicalTegmentum MesencephaliVentral Tegmental AreaDopamine

Identifiers

PMID33111123
PMCPMC7580214
OpenAlexW3080876756

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Registered trials

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