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ReviewNature neuroscience2025

Amygdala intercalated cells form an evolutionarily conserved system orchestrating brain networks.

Ayla Aksoy-Aksel, Francesco Ferraguti, Andrew Holmes, Andreas Lüthi, Ingrid Ehrlich

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Review in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ayla Aksoy-AkselDepartment of Neurobiology, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5987-2829
Francesco FerragutiDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-5857
Andrew HolmesLaboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7308-1129
Andreas LüthiFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1859-4252
Ingrid EhrlichDepartment of Neurobiology, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. ingrid.ehrlich@bio.uni-stuttgart.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-2429

Funding

Mouse models of the early life origins of stress disordeZ01AA000411 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI HOLMES, ANDREW · 2004 to 2008
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AA000411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amygdala attributes valence and emotional salience to environmental stimuli and regulates how these stimuli affect behavior. Within the amygdala, a distinct class of evolutionarily conserved neurons form the intercalated cell (ITC) clusters, mainly located around the boundaries of the lateral and basal nuclei. Here, we review the anatomical, physiological and molecular characteristics of ITCs, and detail the organization of ITC clusters and their connectivity with one another and other brain regions. We describe how ITCs undergo experience-dependent plasticity and discuss emerging evidence demonstrating how ITCs are innervated and functionally regulated by neuromodulatory systems. We summarize recent findings showing that experience alters the balance of activity between different ITC clusters, thereby determining prevailing behavioral output. Finally, we propose a model in which ITCs form a key system for integrating divergent inputs and orchestrating brain-wide circuits to generate behavioral states attuned to current environmental circumstances and internal needs.

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AmygdalaInterneuronsNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsBiological EvolutionHumansModels, Neurological

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PMID39672964
PMCPMC12318446

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