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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2020

Presynaptic calcium channels: specialized control of synaptic neurotransmitter release.

Annette C Dolphin, Amy Lee

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers.

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150citing papers in PubMed
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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

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.

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

150 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Channels (Austin, Tex.) · 2026
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  6. Reinventing amlodipine.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2026
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  7. Nociceptor-enriched CAPS1 isoform couples to CabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  9. Characterization of Three Distinct Loss-of-Function Cav2.3 Variants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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90 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Annette C DolphinDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK. a.dolphin@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4626-4856
Amy LeeDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. amy-lee@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8021-0443

Funding

Calcium channels in retinal photoreceptorsR01EY026817 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI LEE, AMY · 2017 to 2025
$4.4M
Regulation of auditory calcium channelsR01DC009433 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LEE, AMY · 2009 to 2018
$3.6M
Regulation of Neuronal Calcium ChannelsR01NS084190 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LEE, AMY · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
Illuminating the functions of CACNA2D4 in the brainR03NS115653 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LEE, AMY · 2019 to 2019
$155k
Regulation of auditory calcium channelsR55DC009433 · NIDCD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, AMY · 2008 to 2008
$100k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026817NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009433NIDCD NIH HHS R55 DC009433NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS084190NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS115653Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical synapses are heterogeneous junctions formed between neurons that are specialized for the conversion of electrical impulses into the exocytotic release of neurotransmitters. Voltage-gated Ca

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AnimalsCalcium ChannelsHumansPresynaptic TerminalsProtein TransportSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesCalcium Channels

Identifiers

PMID32161339
PMCPMC7873717

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Registered trials

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