Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16785118›Full record

ReviewNeurotoxicity research2006

Action of botulinum neurotoxins in the central nervous system: antiepileptic effects.

Y Bozzi, L Costantin, F Antonucci, M Caleo

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Review in Neurotoxicity research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Convection-enhanced delivery in the treatment of epilepsy.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2009
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  17. Transient synaptic silencing of developing striate cortex has persistent effects on visual function and plasticity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2007
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Y BozziIstituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Pisa, Italy.
L Costantin
F Antonucci
M Caleo
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" · ITNeuroscience Institute · ITScuola Normale Superiore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are metalloproteases which act on nerve terminals and cause a long-lasting inhibition of neurotransmitter release. BoNTs act by cleaving core proteins of the neurotransmitter release machinery, namely the SNARE (soluble NSF-attachment receptors) proteins. The action of BoNTs in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) has been extensively documented, and knowledge gained in this field laid the foundations for the use of BoNTs in human disorders characterized by hyperfunction of peripheral nerve terminals. Much less is known about the action of BoNTs on the central nervous system (CNS). In vitro studies have demonstrated that BoNTs can affect the release of several neurotransmitters from central neurons. Recent studies have provided the first characterization of the effects of BoNT/E on CNS neurons in vivo. It has been shown that BoNT/E injected into the rat hippocampus inhibits glutamate release and blocks spike activity of pyramidal neurons. Intrahippocampal injection of BoNT/E resulted in significant inhibition of seizure activity in experimental models of epilepsy, suggesting a potential therapeutic use of BoNTs in the CNS.

Indexed as

AnticonvulsantsAnimalsBotulinum ToxinsCentral Nervous SystemElectrophysiologyHumansNeuronsNeurotoxinsAnticonvulsantsBotulinum ToxinsNeurotoxins

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PMID16785118
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