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ReviewJournal of medicine and life2011

Neuronal T-type calcium channels: what's new? Iftinca: T-type channel regulation.

M C Iftinca

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Review in Journal of medicine and life, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

M C IftincaFoothills Medical Centre, Department of Pathology, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. Mircea.Iftinca@cls.ab.ca
Foothills Medical Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of neuronal T-type calcium channel regulation as well as their physiological and pathophysiological roles. Through their ability to conduct calcium across the cellular membrane at potentials close to the resting potential, T-type calcium channels are critically important for regulating neuronal excitability, both in the central and peripheral nervous system. T-type channels are also linked to an increasing number of neurological disorders such as the absence epilepsy and neuropathic pain. Although there is substantial literature dealing with regulation of native T-type channels, the underlying molecular mechanism has only recently been addressed. It is, therefore, critical to understand the cellular mechanisms that control T-type channel activity and expression, because this could provide important insight into designing novel therapeutic strategies targeting these channels.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium Channels, T-TypeHumansNeuronsCalcium Channels, T-Typecalcium channelepilepsypainsleepT–type

Identifiers

PMID21776294
PMCPMC3124264
OpenAlexW1573456797

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