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ReviewBrain research bulletin2011

The role of Cdk5 in cognition and neuropsychiatric and neurological pathology.

David G S Barnett, James A Bibb

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Review in Brain research bulletin, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Targeting CDK5 post-stroke provides long-term neuroprotection and rescues synaptic plasticity.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2017
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

David G S BarnettDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9070, USA.
James A Bibb
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

The Role of Cdk5 in AddictionR01DA016672 · NIDA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIBB, JAMES A · 2003 to 2010
$2.5M
Novel Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Learning and MemoryR01MH083711 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIBB, JAMES A · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
The Role of Cdk5 in StrokeR01NS073855 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIBB, JAMES A · 2012 to 2017
$1.7M
The Regulation of Dopamine Neurotransmission by CDK5R01MH079710 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIBB, JAMES A · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
NIDA NIH HHS DA016672NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA016672NIMH NIH HHS MH083711NIMH NIH HHS MH79710NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH079710NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH083711NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase that is ubiquitous in the nervous system and interacts with a myriad of substrates. Its modulation of synaptic plasticity and associated mechanisms of learning and memory as well as neurodegeneration and cognitive disease highlights its importance in the human brain. Cdk5 is active throughout the neuron via its kinase activity, protein-protein interactions, and nuclear associations. It regulates functions thought vital to memory and plasticity, including synaptic vesicle recycling, dendritic spine formation, neurotransmitter receptor density, and neuronal excitability. Although conditional knockout of Cdk5 improves learning and plasticity, the associated deleterious effects of increased excitability cast doubts on the therapeutic efficacy of systemic inhibitors. However, through further work on the regulation of Cdk5 and its effectors, this important molecule promises to aid in elucidating key pathways involved in learning and memory and uncover innovative therapeutic targets to treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell NucleusCognitionCyclin-Dependent Kinase 5HumansMental DisordersNervous System DiseasesSignal TransductionSynaptic TransmissionCyclin-Dependent Kinase 5

Identifiers

PMID21145377
PMCPMC3073157
OpenAlexW1980574203

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