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ReviewNeuroscience bulletin2014

Nematodes feel a craving--using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study alcohol addiction.

Geng Zhu, Fen Zhang, Wei Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuroscience bulletin, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geng ZhuSchool of Life Sciences Institute, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Fen Zhang
Wei Li
Tongji University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol is the most frequently-used addictive drug. However, the mechanism by which its consumption leads to addiction remains largely elusive. Given the conservation of behavioral reactions to alcohol, Caenorhabitis elegans (C. elegans) has been effectively used as a model system to investigate the relevant molecular targets and pathways mediating these responses. In this article, we review the roles of BK channels (also called SLO-1), the lipid microenvironment, receptors, the synaptic machinery, and neurotransmitters in both the acute and chronic effects of alcohol. We provide an overview of the genes and mechanisms involved in alcoholismrelated behaviors in C. elegans.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansDisease Models, AnimalSignal TransductionAlcoholismAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCravingLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsLipid MetabolismMunc18 Proteinsrab3 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, Neuropeptide YCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsMunc18 ProteinsNPR-1 protein, C elegansrab3 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, Neuropeptide YSEB-3 protein, C elegansslo-1 protein, C elegans

Identifiers

PMID25008572
PMCPMC5562629
OpenAlexW2080908949

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Registered trials

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