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ReviewBrain : a journal of neurology2012

Neurological perspectives on voltage-gated sodium channels.

Niels Eijkelkamp, John E Linley, Mark D Baker, Michael S Minett, Roman Cregg, Robert Werdehausen, François Rugiero, John N Wood

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In one paragraph

Review in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers.

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167citing 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

167 citing papers in PubMed, 361 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Niels EijkelkampMolecular Nociception Group, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. n.eijkelkamp@ucl.ac.uk
John E Linley
Mark D Baker
Michael S Minett
Roman Cregg
Robert Werdehausen
François Rugiero
John N Wood
University College London · GBHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F000227/1Medical Research Council G0901905Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activity of voltage-gated sodium channels has long been linked to disorders of neuronal excitability such as epilepsy and chronic pain. Recent genetic studies have now expanded the role of sodium channels in health and disease, to include autism, migraine, multiple sclerosis, cancer as well as muscle and immune system disorders. Transgenic mouse models have proved useful in understanding the physiological role of individual sodium channels, and there has been significant progress in the development of subtype selective inhibitors of sodium channels. This review will outline the functions and roles of specific sodium channels in electrical signalling and disease, focusing on neurological aspects. We also discuss recent advances in the development of selective sodium channel inhibitors.

Indexed as

Ion Channel GatingAnimalsEpilepsyMiceMice, TransgenicMigraine DisordersPainSignal TransductionSodium Channel BlockersSodium ChannelsSodium Channel BlockersSodium Channels

Identifiers

PMID22961543
PMCPMC3437034
OpenAlexW2135900115

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