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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014

Probing astroglia with carbon nanotubes: modulation of form and function.

Manoj K Gottipati, Alexei Verkhratsky, Vladimir Parpura

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Brain circuitry outside the synaptic cleft.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Manoj K GottipatiDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Alexei VerkhratskyFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK Achucarro Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain Department of Neurosciences, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-9898
Vladimir ParpuraDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia vlad@uab.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-2197

Funding

The Role of Astroglia in the Enteric Nervous System and Gut FunctionR21HD078678 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PARPURA, VLADIMIR · 2014 to 2015
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NICHD NIH HHS HD078678NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD078678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown much promise in neurobiology and biomedicine. Their structural stability and ease of chemical modification make them compatible for biological applications. In this review, we discuss the effects that chemically functionalized CNTs, applied as colloidal solutes or used as strata, have on the morpho-functional properties of astrocytes, the most abundant cells present in the brain, with an insight into the potential use of CNTs in neural prostheses.

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AstrocytesBiocompatible MaterialsColloidsGraphiteHumansNanotubes, CarbonTissue ScaffoldsBiocompatible MaterialsColloidsGraphiteNanotubes, Carbonastrocytescarbon nanotubesglial fibrillary acidic proteingraft copolymersmorphologyproliferation

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PMID25225092
PMCPMC4173284

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