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ReviewDevelopmental neurobiology2012

The ever-changing brain: cellular and molecular mechanisms for the effects of stressful experiences.

Bruce S McEwen

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Review in Developmental neurobiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Night-Time Shift Work and Related Stress Responses: A Study on Security Guards.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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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.

Bruce S McEwenLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA. mcewen@rockefeller.edu
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

Probing Systems-Level Function of Fronto-TemporalP50MH058911 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI MCEWEN, BRUCE F · 1999 to 2008
$19.4M
STRESS, ADRENAL STEROIDS AND THE BRAINR01MH041256 · NIMH · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MCEWEN, BRUCE S. · 1986 to 2015
$4.3M
GENE EXPRESSION IN NERVOUS TISSUER01NS007080 · NINDS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MCEWEN, BRUCE S. · 1985 to 2010
$3.7M
STRESS, ADRENAL STEROIDS AND THE BRAINR37MH041256 · NIMH · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MCEWEN, BRUCE S. · 1994 to 2003
$1.3M
NIMH NIH HHS MH41256NIMH NIH HHS MH58911NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH058911NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH041256NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH041256NINDS NIH HHS NS07080NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS007080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adult brain is capable of considerable structural and functional plasticity and the study of hormone actions in brain has contributed to our understanding of this important phenomenon. In particular, stress and stress-related hormones such as glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids play a key role in the ability of acute and chronic stress to cause reversible remodeling of neuronal connections in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and amygdala. To produce this plasticity, these hormones act by both genomic and non-genomic mechanisms together with ongoing, experience-driven neural activity mediated by excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters, neurotrophic factors such as brain derived neurotrophic factor, extracellular molecules such as neural cell adhesion molecule, neuropeptides such as corticotrophin releasing factor, and endocannabinoids. The result is a dynamic brain architecture that can be modified by experience. Under this view, the role of pharmaceutical agents, such as antidepressants, is to facilitate such plasticity that must also be guided by experiences.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorGlucocorticoidsNeuronal PlasticityStress, PhysiologicalStress, PsychologicalBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorGlucocorticoids

Identifiers

PMID21898852
PMCPMC3248634
OpenAlexW2003627321

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