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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

Glial modulation of synapse development and plasticity: oligodendrocyte precursor cells as a new player in the synaptic quintet.

Yetunde O Akinlaja, Akiko Nishiyama

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Perisynaptic Astrocytic Processes as Communication Hubs and Early Sites of Dysfunction.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yetunde O AkinlajaDepartment of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
Akiko NishiyamaDepartment of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.

Funding

Inflammation and NG2 Cell DifferentiationR01NS073425 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NISHIYAMA, AKIKO · 2011 to 2021
$3.3M
SNARE complex-mediated exocytosis in oligodendrocyte differentiation and survivalR01NS116182 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NISHIYAMA, AKIKO · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Heterogeneity of NG2 Glial CellsR01NS074870 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NISHIYAMA, AKIKO · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
Mechanisms of axon-NG2 cell interactionR01NS049267 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI NISHIYAMA, AKIKO · 2005 to 2008
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS049267NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073425NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS074870NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS116182
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic communication is an important process in the central nervous system that allows for the rapid and spatially specified transfer of signals. Neurons receive various synaptic inputs and generate action potentials required for information transfer, and these inputs can be excitatory or inhibitory, which collectively determines the output. Non-neuronal cells (glial cells) have been identified as crucial participants in influencing neuronal activity and synaptic transmission, with astrocytes forming tripartite synapses and microglia pruning synapses. While it has been known that oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) receive neuronal inputs, whether they also influence neuronal activity and synaptic transmission has remained unknown for two decades. Recent findings indicate that OPCs, too, modulate neuronal synapses. In this review, we discuss the roles of different glial cell types at synapses, including the recently discovered involvement of OPCs in synaptic transmission and synapse refinement, and discuss overlapping roles played by multiple glial cell types.

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astrocytegliamicroglianeuronal activityNG2oligodendrocyte precursor cellplasticitysynapse

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PMID39258226
PMCPMC11385347

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