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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2015

Diabetes induces GABA receptor plasticity in murine vagal motor neurons.

C R Boychuk, K Cs Halmos, B N Smith

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vagal GABAergic signaling in autonomic control of cardiometabolic function.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2026
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  7. Function of the GABAergic System in Diabetic Encephalopathy.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023
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  9. Glutamatergic plasticity within neurocircuits of the dorsal vagal complex and the regulation of gastric functions.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2021
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  15. Sex-steroid-dependent plasticity of brain-stem autonomic circuits.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2020
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  16. GABAJournal of neurophysiology · 2019
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  17. Perinatal high-fat diet alters development of GABAAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C R BoychukDepartment of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky.
K Cs HalmosDepartment of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky.
B N SmithDepartment of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky bret.smith@uky.edu.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

Neural Circuitry in the Dorsal Vagal ComplexR01DK056132 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI SMITH, BRET N · 2001 to 2019
$4.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056132NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK-056132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autonomic dysregulation accompanies type-1 diabetes, and synaptic regulation of parasympathetic preganglionic motor neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) is altered after chronic hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia. Tonic gamma-aminobutyric acid A (GABAA) inhibition prominently regulates DMV neuron activity, which contributes to autonomic control of energy homeostasis. This study investigated persistent effects of chronic hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia on GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in the DMV after streptozotocin-induced type-1 diabetes using electrophysiological recordings in vitro, quantitative (q)RT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry. Application of the nonspecific GABAA receptor agonist muscimol evoked an outward current of significantly larger amplitude in DMV neurons from diabetic mice than controls. Results from application of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol hydrochloride (THIP), a δ-subunit agonist, suggested that GABAA receptors containing δ-subunits contributed to the enhanced inducible tonic GABA current in diabetic mice. Sensitivity to THIP of inhibitory postsynaptic currents in DMV neurons from diabetic mice was also increased. Results from qRT-PCR and immunohistochemical analyses indicated that the altered GABAergic inhibition may be related to increased trafficking of GABAA receptors that contain the δ-subunit, rather than an expression change. Overall these findings suggest increased sensitivity of δ-subunit containing GABAA receptors after several days of hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia, which dramatically alters GABAergic inhibition of DMV neurons and could contribute to diabetic autonomic dysregulation.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDose-Response Relationship, DrugGABA AgonistsGABA-A Receptor AgonistsImmunohistochemistryIsoxazolesMaleMembrane PotentialsMiceMotor NeuronsMuscimolNeuronal PlasticityPatch-Clamp TechniquesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReceptors, GABA-AGABA AgonistsGABA-A Receptor AgonistsgaboxadolIsoxazolesMuscimolReceptors, GABA-AdiabetesGABAtonic current

Identifiers

PMID25995347
PMCPMC4512246
OpenAlexW2224614736

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