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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2022

Morphological principles of neuronal mitochondria.

Rachel Mendelsohn, Guadalupe C Garcia, Thomas M Bartol, Christopher T Lee, Priya Khandelwal, Emily Liu, Donald J Spencer, Adam Husar, Eric A Bushong, Sebastien Phan and 5 more

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2022. 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
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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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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  20. Mitochondrial morphology governs ATP production rate.The Journal of general physiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel MendelsohnComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9668-4678
Guadalupe C GarciaComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2227-2483
Thomas M BartolComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Christopher T LeeMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0670-2308
Priya KhandelwalComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Emily LiuComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Donald J SpencerComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Adam HusarComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Eric A BushongNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Sebastien PhanNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Guy PerkinsNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Mark H EllismanNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Alexander SkupinNational Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research in Biological Systems, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Terrence J SejnowskiComputational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Padmini RangamaniMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5953-4347
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Luxembourg · LU

Funding

TrainingP41GM103712 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FAEDER, JAMES · 2012 to 2021
$16.3M
National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research: A BRAIN Technology Integration and Dissemination ResourceU24NS120055 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2021 to 2025
$5.4M
FEI TITAN HALO 300kV INTERMEDIATE VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPES10OD021784 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2017 to 2017
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103712NIH HHS GM103712NIH HHS S10 OD021784NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS120055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the highly dynamic metabolic landscape of a neuron, mitochondrial membrane architectures can provide critical insight into the unique energy balance of the cell. Current theoretical calculations of functional outputs like adenosine triphosphate and heat often represent mitochondria as idealized geometries, and therefore, can miscalculate the metabolic fluxes. To analyze mitochondrial morphology in neurons of mouse cerebellum neuropil, 3D tracings of complete synaptic and axonal mitochondria were constructed using a database of serial transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tomography images and converted to watertight meshes with minimal distortion of the original microscopy volumes with a granularity of 1.64 nanometer isotropic voxels. The resulting in-silico representations were subsequently quantified by differential geometry methods in terms of the mean and Gaussian curvatures, surface areas, volumes, and membrane motifs, all of which can alter the metabolic output of the organelle. Finally, we identify structural motifs present across this population of mitochondria, which may contribute to future modeling studies of mitochondrial physiology and metabolism in neurons.

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CerebellumMitochondriaNeuronsNeuropilAnimalsMiceEM tomographyenergeticsmitochondriamorphologyneuronal

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PMCPMC8831469
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