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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2011

Alzheimer's disease and anesthesia.

Marie-Amélie Papon, Robert A Whittington, Noura B El-Khoury, Emmanuel Planel

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marie-Amélie PaponDépartement de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval Québec, QC, Canada.
Robert A Whittington
Noura B El-Khoury
Emmanuel Planel
Columbia University · USUniversité Laval · CAWilfrid Laurier University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive disorders such as postoperative cognitive dysfunction, confusion, and delirium, are common following anesthesia in the elderly, with symptoms persisting for months or years in some patients. Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients appear to be particularly at risk of cognitive deterioration following anesthesia, and some studies suggest that exposure to anesthetics may increase the risk of AD. Here, we review the literature linking anesthesia to AD, with a focus on the biochemical consequences of anesthetic exposure on AD pathogenic pathways.

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Alzheimer's diseaseamyloidanesthesiahypothermiatau phosphorylation

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PMID21344011
PMCPMC3034231
OpenAlexW1978525348

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