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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2012

Assembly of a new growth cone after axotomy: the precursor to axon regeneration.

Frank Bradke, James W Fawcett, Micha E Spira

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 259 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

259 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Frank BradkeAxonal Growth and Regeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn, Germany.
James W Fawcett
Micha E Spira

Funding

Medical Research Council G1000864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The assembly of a new growth cone is a prerequisite for axon regeneration after injury. Creation of a new growth cone involves multiple processes, including calcium signalling, restructuring of the cytoskeleton, transport of materials, local translation of messenger RNAs and the insertion of new membrane and cell surface molecules. In axons that have an intrinsic ability to regenerate, these processes are executed in a timely fashion. However, in axons that lack regenerative capacity, such as those of the mammalian CNS, several of the steps that are required for regeneration fail, and these axons do not begin the growth process. Identification of the points of failure can suggest targets for promoting regeneration.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsAxotomyCalcium SignalingCytoskeletonGrowth ConesNerve Regeneration

Identifiers

PMID22334213

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