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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2012

Down syndrome: the brain in trisomic mode.

Mara Dierssen

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03624556 (Pediatric Exploratory Research Study of EGCG Use and Safety), which is not on this map. Cited by 158 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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158citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

NCT03624556 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Pediatric Exploratory Research Study of EGCG Use and Safety (PERSEUS)

TypeinterventionalSponsorParc de Salut MarRan2018 to 2020Enrolled76ConditionsDown Syndrome, Fragile X SyndromeArmsEGCG FontUp, Placebo FontUp
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 285 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Identification of the Down Syndrome Critical Region 3 Gene as a Mammalian Cell Size Regulator.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2026
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  6. Distinct cell type-specific mechanisms underlie cognitive dysfunction during persistent integrated stress response activation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. An AI-Powered Trisomy 21 Research Assistant.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Targeting dysregulated CB1 receptors in a Down syndrome mouse model improves neurological outcomes.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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98 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mara DierssenGenes and Disease Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. mara.dierssen@crg.es
Pompeu Fabra University · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome is the most common form of intellectual disability and results from one of the most complex genetic perturbations that is compatible with survival, trisomy 21. The study of brain dysfunction in this disorder has largely been based on a gene discovery approach, but we are now moving into an era of functional genome exploration, in which the effects of individual genes are being studied alongside the effects of deregulated non-coding genetic elements and epigenetic influences. Also, new data from functional neuroimaging studies are challenging our views of the cognitive phenotypes associated with Down syndrome and their pathophysiological correlates. These advances hold promise for the development of treatments for intellectual disability.

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TrisomyAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeHumans

Identifiers

PMID23165261
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