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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2008

Neuregulin 1 in neural development, synaptic plasticity and schizophrenia.

Lin Mei, Wen-Cheng Xiong

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 563 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
563citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
33.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

563 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,021 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lin MeiProgram of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA. lmei@mcg.edu
Wen-Cheng Xiong
Augusta University · US

Funding

NRG1-ErbB4 regulation of synaptic plasticity and behaviorR01MH083317 · NIMH · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MEI, LIN · 2008 to 2018
$4.3M
Generation and Characterization of GAD67-ErbB4 Transgenic MiceR21MH083563 · NIMH · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI MEI, LIN · 2008 to 2009
$294k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH083317NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH083563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a highly debilitating mental disorder that affects approximately 1% of the general population, yet it continues to be poorly understood. Recent studies have identified variations in several genes that are associated with this disorder in diverse populations, including those that encode neuregulin 1 (NRG1) and its receptor ErbB4. The past few years have witnessed exciting progress in our knowledge of NRG1 and ErbB4 functions and the biological basis of the increased risk for schizophrenia that is potentially conferred by polymorphisms in the two genes. An improved understanding of the mechanisms by which altered function of NRG1 and ErbB4 contributes to schizophrenia might eventually lead to the development of more effective therapeutics.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, GeneticAnimalsBrainErbB ReceptorsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansNeuregulin-1Neuronal PlasticityReceptor, ErbB-4SchizophreniaSignal TransductionSynapsesERBB4 protein, humanErbB ReceptorsNeuregulin-1Receptor, ErbB-4

Identifiers

PMID18478032
PMCPMC2682371
OpenAlexW2016717347

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