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ReviewAnnals of neurology2013

Energy failure: does it contribute to neurodegeneration?

Divya Pathak, Amandine Berthet, Ken Nakamura

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Review in Annals of neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
101citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

101 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Functional energetic responses and individual variance of the human brain revealed by quantitative imaging of adenosine triphosphate production rates.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Divya PathakGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Amandine Berthet
Ken Nakamura
University of California, San Francisco · USGladstone Institutes · US

Funding

Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Alzheimer's DiseaseP30NS069496 · NINDS · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MUCKE, LENNART · 2009 to 2010
$1.7M
Regulation of mitochondrial morphology by alpha-synucleinK08NS062954 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NAKAMURA, KEN · 2009 to 2013
$878k
NINDS NIH HHS 1KO8NS062954-01A1NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS062954NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS069496NINDS NIH HHS P30NS069496Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Energy failure from mitochondrial dysfunction is proposed to be a central mechanism leading to neuronal death in a range of neurodegenerative diseases. However, energy failure has never been directly demonstrated in affected neurons in these diseases, nor has it been proved to produce degeneration in disease models. Therefore, despite considerable indirect evidence, it is not known whether energy failure truly occurs in susceptible neurons, and whether this failure is responsible for their death. This limited understanding results primarily from a lack of sensitivity and resolution of available tools and assays and the inherent limitations of in vitro model systems. Major advances in these methodologies and approaches should greatly enhance our understanding of the relationship between energy failure, neuronal dysfunction, and death, and help us to determine whether boosting bioenergetic function would be an effective therapeutic approach. Here we review the current evidence that energy failure occurs in and contributes to neurodegenerative disease, and consider new approaches that may allow us to better address this central issue.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnergy MetabolismHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurons

Identifiers

PMID24038413
PMCPMC4092015
OpenAlexW2071388148

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