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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2008

Protection against Parkinson's disease progression: clinical experience.

Peter A LeWitt, Danette C Taylor

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Pharmacological Treatment of Early Motor Manifestations of Parkinson Disease (PD).Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020
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  10. Nicotine as a potential neuroprotective agent for Parkinson's disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2012
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  15. Antioxidant enzyme gene transfer for ischemic diseases.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2009
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  17. Experimental therapeutics for dystonia.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2008
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter A LeWittDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA. palewitt@ameritech.net
Danette C Taylor
Henry Ford Hospital · USRowan University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatments with potential neuroprotective capability for Parkinson's disease (PD) have been investigated in randomized, controlled, clinical trials and other studies since the mid-1980s. Although promising leads have arisen, no therapy has been proven to halt or slow disease progression. Several large-scale studies have highlighted progress in methodology, as well as the frustrations of translating laboratory science to practical applications. This review summarizes findings from clinical trials with several classes of compounds, including monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors (selegiline, lazabemide, rasagiline), dopaminergic drugs (ropinirole, pramipexole, levodopa), antioxidant strategies (alpha-tocopherol), mitochondrial energy enhancers (coenzyme Q(10), creatine), antiapoptotic agents (TCH346, minocycline, CEP-1347), and antiglutamatergic compounds (riluzole). Beyond small-molecule pharmacology, gene therapy approaches, such as delivering neurotrophic substances (e.g., neurturin) by viral vector, are the next generation of treatment options.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsClinical Trials as TopicDisease ProgressionDopamine AgonistsHumansMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsParkinson DiseaseAntioxidantsDopamine AgonistsMonoamine Oxidase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID18394564
PMCPMC5084164
OpenAlexW2009273528

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