Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12620097›Full record

ReviewGenome biology2003

Overview of the voltage-gated sodium channel family.

Frank H Yu, William A Catterall

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Review in Genome biology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 294 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
294citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

294 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 675 citations in OpenAlex.

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234 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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frank H YuDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7280, USA.
William A Catterall
University of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective permeation of sodium ions through voltage-dependent sodium channels is fundamental to the generation of action potentials in excitable cells such as neurons. These channels are large integral membrane proteins and are encoded by at least ten genes in mammals. The different sodium channels have remarkably similar functional properties, but small changes in sodium-channel function are biologically relevant, as underscored by mutations that cause several human diseases of hyperexcitability.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsEvolution, MolecularHumansIon Channel GatingMultigene FamilySodium ChannelsSynaptic TransmissionSodium Channels

Identifiers

PMID12620097
PMCPMC153452
OpenAlexW2152845515

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.