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ArticleCell reports2021

Neurexin-3 defines synapse- and sex-dependent diversity of GABAergic inhibition in ventral subiculum.

Emma E Boxer, Charlotte Seng, David Lukacsovich, JungMin Kim, Samantha Schwartz, Matthew J Kennedy, Csaba Földy, Jason Aoto

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emma E BoxerUniversity of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Charlotte SengLaboratory of Neural Connectivity, Brain Research Institute, Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
David LukacsovichLaboratory of Neural Connectivity, Brain Research Institute, Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
JungMin KimUniversity of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Samantha SchwartzUniversity of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Matthew J KennedyUniversity of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Csaba FöldyLaboratory of Neural Connectivity, Brain Research Institute, Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Jason AotoUniversity of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: jason.aoto@cuanschutz.edu.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

Novel approaches for interrogating and manipulating synaptic function, structure and plasticityR35NS116879 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Matthew J Kennedy · 2020 to 2026
$4.0M
Neuroscience Training GrantT32NS099042 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Nidia Calero, GIDON S FELSEN · 2016 to 2026
$2.1M
Functional and mechanistic interrogation of alpha neurexin extracellular domainsR01MH116901 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI AOTO, JASON · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Synaptic Dissection of Cell Adhesion Molecule Function within Subicular CircuitsR00MH103531 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI AOTO, JASON · 2016 to 2018
$746k
Cell-type and sex-specific organization and neurexin-3 utilization at parvalbumin inhibitory synapses in ventral subiculumF31MH125510 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BOXER, EMMA E · 2021 to 2022
$44k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH125510NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH103531NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116901NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS116879NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS099042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventral subiculum (vSUB) is integral to the regulation of stress and reward; however, the intrinsic connectivity and synaptic properties of the inhibitory local circuit are poorly understood. Neurexin-3 (Nrxn3) is highly expressed in hippocampal inhibitory neurons, but its function at inhibitory synapses has remained elusive. Using slice electrophysiology, imaging, and single-cell RNA sequencing, we identify multiple roles for Nrxn3 at GABAergic parvalbumin (PV) interneuron synapses made onto vSUB regular-spiking (RS) and burst-spiking (BS) principal neurons. Surprisingly, we find that intrinsic connectivity of vSUB and synaptic function of Nrxn3 in vSUB are sexually dimorphic. We reveal that PVs make preferential contact with RS neurons in male mice, but BS neurons in female mice. Furthermore, we determine that despite comparable Nrxn3 isoform expression in male and female PV neurons, Nrxn3 knockout impairs synapse density, postsynaptic strength, and inhibitory postsynaptic current (IPSC) amplitude at PV-RS synapses in males, but enhances presynaptic release and IPSC amplitude in females.

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Neural InhibitionAnimalsFemaleGABAergic NeuronsHippocampusInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsParvalbuminsPresynaptic TerminalsSex CharacteristicsNerve Tissue Proteinsneurexin 3, mouseParvalbuminselectrophysiologyGABAergicinhibitionmicrocircuitNeurexin-3parvalbuminsexual dimorphismsubiculumtranscriptomics

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PMID34879268
PMCPMC8763380
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