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ReviewNeurotoxicology2010

The neurotoxicity of environmental aluminum is still an issue.

Stephen C Bondy

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Review in Neurotoxicology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
23.2field-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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 324 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Aluminium in parenteral nutrition: a systematic review.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2013
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  3. Assessment of essential and toxic trace element imbalances in hypothyroid patients with and without levothyroxine therapy: a case-control study.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  12. Response to "Comment on 'Proton pump inhibitors and dementia: A nationwide population-based study'".Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  16. Global Scientific Research Landscape on Aluminum Toxicology.Biological trace element research · 2023
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen C BondyProgram in Environmental Toxicology, Division Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1825, USA. scbondy@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

ALUMINUM/IRON INTERACTIONS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASER01ES007992 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE · PI BONDY, STEPHEN C · 1996 to 2005
$2.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES007992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence for the neurotoxicity of extended exposure to low levels of aluminum salts is described using an animal model treated with aluminum at low levels reflecting those found in some water supplies. Emphasis is given to the potential role of aluminum in acceleration and promotion of some indices characteristic of brain aging. These hallmarks include the appearance of excess levels of inflammation in specific brain areas. Aluminum salts can increase levels of glial activation, inflammatory cytokines and amyloid precursor protein within the brain. Both normal brain aging and to a greater extent, Alzheimer's disease are associated with elevated basal levels of markers for inflammation. These are not attributable to obvious exogenous stimuli and may reflect the lifespan history of the organism's immune responses. It is possible that aluminum salts can act as a subtle promoter of such apparently unprovoked responses.

Indexed as

Environmental ExposureAluminumAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEncephalitisHumansNeurotoxicity SyndromesAluminum

Identifiers

PMID20553758
PMCPMC2946821
OpenAlexW2127932130

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