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ReviewNeurochemical research2012

Neuroinflammation and synaptic loss.

Jagadeesh S Rao, Matthew Kellom, Hyung-Wook Kim, Stanley I Rapoport, Edmund A Reese

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Review in Neurochemical research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers.

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145citing papers in PubMed
12.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

145 citing papers in PubMed, 243 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jagadeesh S RaoBrain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 9, Rm. 1S126 MSC 0947, Bethesda, MD 20892-0947, USA. jrao@grc.nia.nih.gov
Matthew Kellom
Hyung-Wook Kim
Stanley I Rapoport
Edmund A Reese
Institute on Aging · USNational Institute on Aging · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Lipids in Human Brain DiseaseZIAAG000428 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI RAPOPORT, STANLEY I. · 2009 to 2016
$2.6M
Lipids in Human Brain DiseaseZ01AG000428 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI RAPOPORT, STANLEY I. · 2008 to 2008
$270k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the progression of many neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric and viral diseases. In neuroinflammation, activated microglia and astrocytes release cytokines and chemokines as well as nitric oxide, which in turn activate many signal transduction pathways. The cytokines, interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha, regulate transcription of a number of genes within the brain, which can lead to the formation of pro-inflammatory products of the arachidonic acid cascade. Formation of pro-inflammatory agents and associated cytotoxic products during neuroinflammation can be detrimental to neurons by altering synaptic proteins. Neuroinflammation as well as excitotoxic insults reduce synaptic markers such as synaptophysin and drebrin. Neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric illnesses and viral infections are accompanied by loss of both pre- and post-synaptic proteins. These synaptic changes may contribute to the progressive cognitive decline and behavioral changes associated with these illnesses.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansInflammationNerve Tissue ProteinsNervous System DiseasesSynapsesNerve Tissue Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22311128
PMCPMC3478877
OpenAlexW2093917720

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