Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22203915›Full record

ReviewNeural plasticity2012

Spines, plasticity, and cognition in Alzheimer's model mice.

Tara Spires-Jones, Shira Knafo

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Restoration neurite growth by removing the blockage of endosome trafficking in Alzheimer-like mice.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  7. Tau-mediated synaptic dysfunction is coupled with HCN channelopathy.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  9. Synaptic Compensatory Plasticity in Alzheimer's Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  16. Structural Plasticity of the Hippocampus in Neurodegenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tara Spires-JonesMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. tspires@partners.org
Shira Knafo
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESHarvard University · US

Funding

Synaptic loss and plasticity in aging and Alzheimer's diseaseR00AG033670 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SPIRES-JONES, TARA LEIGH · 2012 to 2013
$481k
NIA NIH HHS R00 AG033670
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD)--widespread synaptic and neuronal loss and the pathological accumulation of amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) in senile plaques, as well as hyperphosphorylated tau in neurofibrillary tangles--have been known for many decades, but the links between AD pathology and dementia and effective therapeutic strategies remain elusive. Transgenic mice have been developed based on rare familial forms of AD and frontotemporal dementia, allowing investigators to test in detail the structural, functional, and behavioral consequences of AD-associated pathology. Here, we review work on transgenic AD models that investigate the degeneration of dendritic spine structure, synaptic function, and cognition. Together, these data support a model of AD pathogenesis in which soluble Aβ initiates synaptic dysfunction and loss, as well as pathological changes in tau, which contribute to both synaptic and neuronal loss. These changes in synapse structure and function as well as frank synapse and neuronal loss contribute to the neural system dysfunction which causes cognitive deficits. Understanding the underpinnings of dementia in AD will be essential to develop and evaluate therapeutic approaches for this widespread and devastating disease.

Indexed as

Neuronal PlasticityAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsCognitionDendritic SpinesDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, TransgenicPlaque, AmyloidSynapsestau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humantau Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22203915
PMCPMC3238410
OpenAlexW1974073785

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