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ReviewNeural plasticity2012

Consequences of inhibiting amyloid precursor protein processing enzymes on synaptic function and plasticity.

Hui Wang, Andrea Megill, Kaiwen He, Alfredo Kirkwood, Hey-Kyoung Lee

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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 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Postsynaptic dysfunction is associated with spatial and object recognition memory loss in a natural model of Alzheimer's disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui WangDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Andrea Megill
Kaiwen He
Alfredo Kirkwood
Hey-Kyoung Lee
Allen Institute for Brain Science · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Synaptic Function & Plasticity in CA3 Circuits in the Aging HippocampusR01AG034606 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIRKWOOD, ALFREDO · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034606NIA NIH HHS R01-AG034606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, one of whose major pathological hallmarks is the accumulation of amyloid plaques comprised of aggregated β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides. It is now recognized that soluble Aβ oligomers may lead to synaptic dysfunctions early in AD pathology preceding plaque deposition. Aβ is produced by a sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the activity of β- and γ-secretases, which have been identified as major candidate therapeutic targets of AD. This paper focuses on how Aβ alters synaptic function and the functional consequences of inhibiting the activity of the two secretases responsible for Aβ generation. Abnormalities in synaptic function resulting from the absence or inhibition of the Aβ-producing enzymes suggest that Aβ itself may have normal physiological functions which are disrupted by abnormal accumulation of Aβ during AD pathology. This interpretation suggests that AD therapeutics targeting the β- and γ-secretases should be developed to restore normal levels of Aβ or combined with measures to circumvent the associated synaptic dysfunction(s) in order to have minimal impact on normal synaptic function.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesEnzyme InhibitorsHumansLong-Term PotentiationMemoryNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPresenilinsSynapsesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBACE1 protein, humanEnzyme InhibitorsPresenilins

Identifiers

PMID22792491
PMCPMC3390164
OpenAlexW2008739673

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