Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16785599›Full record

ReviewEndocrine2006

Androgens, aging, and Alzheimer's disease.

Christian J Pike, Emily R Rosario, Thuy-Vi V Nguyen

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Review in Endocrine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing 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.

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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Testosterone treatment of men with mild cognitive impairment and low testosterone levels.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2015
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christian J PikeAndrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191, USA. cjpike@usc.edu
Emily R Rosario
Thuy-Vi V Nguyen
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Androgens and Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG023739 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PIKE, CHRISTIAN J · 2005 to 2009
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS AG23739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testosterone depletion is a normal consequence of aging in men that is associated with senescent effects in androgen- responsive tissues. We discuss new evidence that one consequence of testosterone depletion in men is an increased risk for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Furthermore, we discuss two candidate mechanisms by which testosterone may affect AD pathogenesis. First, testosterone has been identified as an endogenous regulator of beta-amyloid, a protein that abnormally accumulates in AD brain and is implicated as a causal factor in the disease. Second, findings from several different paradigms indicate that testosterone has both neurotrophic and neuroprotective functions. These new findings support the clinical evaluation of androgen-based therapies for the prevention and treatment of AD.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAndrogensAnimalsGonadotropinsHumansMaleNeuronsRisk FactorsTestosteroneAmyloid beta-PeptidesAndrogensGonadotropinsTestosterone

Identifiers

PMID16785599
OpenAlexW1971812030

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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