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ReviewCell calcium2010

Calcium, cellular aging, and selective neuronal vulnerability in Parkinson's disease.

D James Surmeier, Jaime N Guzman, Javier Sanchez-Padilla

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Review in Cell calcium, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.8field-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

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. New Multiomic Studies Shed Light on Cellular Diversity and Neuronal Susceptibility in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  15. The impact ofFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025
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  19. Tonic Activation of NR2D-Containing NMDARs Exacerbates Dopaminergic Neuronal Loss in MPTP-Injected Parkinsonian Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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49 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D James SurmeierDepartment of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA. j-surmeier@northwestern.edu
Jaime N Guzman
Javier Sanchez-Padilla
Northwestern University · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC CONTROLOF PALLIDAL ACTIVITYP50NS047085 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SURMEIER, DALTON JAMES · 2003 to 2018
$19.2M
NINDS NIH HHS NS047085NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS047085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in developed countries. The core motor symptoms are attributable to the degeneration of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). Why these neurons, and other restricted sets of non-dopamine neuron, succumb in PD is not clear. One potential clue has come from the observation that the engagement of L-type Ca2+ channels during autonomous pacemaking elevates the sensitivity of SNc DA neurons to mitochondrial toxins used to create animal models of PD, suggesting that Ca2+ entry is a factor in their selective vulnerability. Epidemiological data also supports a linkage between L-type Ca2+ channels and the risk of developing PD. This review examines the hypothesis that the primary factor driving neurodegenerative changes in PD is the metabolic stress created by sustained Ca2+ entry, particularly in the face of genetic or environmental factors that compromise oxidative defenses or proteostatic competence.

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingCellular SenescenceAnimalsBiological ClocksCalciumCalcium Channels, L-TypeCell DeathDisease Models, AnimalDopamineHumansNeuronsParkinson DiseaseStress, PhysiologicalSubstantia NigraCalciumCalcium Channels, L-TypeDopamine

Identifiers

PMID20053445
PMCPMC3235732
OpenAlexW2038431361

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