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ReviewNeural regeneration research2014

Neurotrophic factors: from neurodevelopmental regulators to novel therapies for Parkinson's disease.

Shane V Hegarty, Gerard W O'Keeffe, Aideen M Sullivan

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Back to the tubule: microtubule dynamics in Parkinson's disease.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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  13. Therapies for Parkinson's diseases: alternatives to current pharmacological interventions.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2016
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  20. Drug and gene delivery across the blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2015
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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.

Shane V HegartyDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Gerard W O'KeeffeDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Aideen M SullivanDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
University College Cork · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroprotection and neuroregeneration are two of the most promising disease-modifying therapies for the incurable and widespread Parkinson's disease. In Parkinson's disease, progressive degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons causes debilitating motor symptoms. Neurotrophic factors play important regulatory roles in the development, survival and maintenance of specific neuronal populations. These factors have the potential to slow down, halt or reverse the loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. Several neurotrophic factors have been investigated in this regard. This review article discusses the neurodevelopmental roles and therapeutic potential of three dopaminergic neurotrophic factors: glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, neurturin and growth/differentiation factor 5.

Indexed as

glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factorgrowth/differentiation factor 5nervous system developmentneuroprotectionneurotrophic factorsneurturinnigrostriatal dopaminergic neuronsParkinson's disease

Identifiers

PMID25422631
PMCPMC4238158
OpenAlexW1967738091

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