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Correction to: Purinergic Signalling (2014) 10:251
The authors would like to inform the readership that this article, published in June 2014 (online in August 2013), is the republication of an article published in June 2010 [1] and retracted in January 2013 [2]. We consider it good scientific practice to publish this erratum on our article, because it highlights the connection between two works associated with the same research, an aspect which should be appropriately documented in the scholarly record. It also allows us to address the reasons why this element of research was originally retracted and explain to the readership why and how it was republished.
Our original paper on this subject, [1], was retracted because of two errors detected in the illustrative raw data presented in Figures 1A and 4A, where the images of two Western blots were inadvertently used to document different conditions. At the same time that this matter was being assessed by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience, and prior to the retraction of the article, an investigation by the Universidade de Lisboa [3], concluded that the “misrepresentations of the figures (...) did not result from scientific misconduct, i.e. these faults cannot be attributed to intentional fabrication or falsification. On the contrary, these errors seem to have occurred in good faith and in no way did these affect the scientific content of the article and its conclusions.”
After the publication of [2], and having received assurances from the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience that our findings could be republished without prejudice, we corrected the aforementioned errors in Figures 1A and 4A and submitted a revised manuscript for publication at Purinergic Signalling. This manuscript then underwent a new process of peer review, after which it was accepted for publication by the then Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Geoffrey Burnstock.
[1] Natália Assaife-Lopes et al., Activation of Adenosine A2A Receptors Induces TrkB Translocation and Increases BDNF-Mediated Phospho-TrkB Localization in Lipid Rafts: Implications for Neuromodulation, Journal of Neuroscience 23 June 2010, 30 (25) 8468-8480; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5695-09.201
[2] Retraction: Natália Assaife-Lopes et al., Activation of Adenosine A2A Receptors Induces TrkB Translocation and Increases BDNF-Mediated Phospho-TrkB Localization in Lipid Rafts: Implications for Neuromodulation, Journal of Neuroscience 16 January 2013, 33 (3) 1292; https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5704-12.2013
[3] Report by the Committee of Enquiry https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JQUz2vpAgNaDlNee7hywf9p002yKv5TL/view?usp=sharing
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Assaife-Lopes, N., Sousa, V.C., Pereira, D.B. et al. Correction to: Regulation of TrkB receptor translocation to lipid rafts by adenosine A2A receptors and its functional implications for BDNF-induced regulation of synaptic plasticity. Purinergic Signalling (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11302-024-10011-4
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