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ReviewDevelopmental cell2015

Genetic changes shaping the human brain.

Byoung-Il Bae, Divya Jayaraman, Christopher A Walsh

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Review in Developmental cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 138 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.

Byoung-Il BaeDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA 02115, USA; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Divya JayaramanDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA 02115, USA; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Christopher A WalshDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA 02115, USA; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: christopher.walsh@childrens.harvard.edu.
Broad Institute · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Supplement request for Training GrantT32NS007473 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Elizabeth C. Engle, Thomas L. Schwarz · 1999 to 2026
$6.9M
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Training Program for Pre- and Post-Doctoral FellowsT32HL087735 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI SCADDEN, DAVID T · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL087735NHLBI NIH HHS T32HL087735NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM007753NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007473NINDS NIH HHS T32NS007473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development and function of our brain are governed by a genetic blueprint, which reflects dynamic changes over the history of evolution. Recent progress in genetics and genomics, facilitated by next-generation sequencing and single-cell sorting, has identified numerous genomic loci that are associated with a neuroanatomical or neurobehavioral phenotype. Here, we review some of the genetic changes in both protein-coding and noncoding regions that affect brain development and evolution, as well as recent progress in brain transcriptomics. Understanding these genetic changes may provide novel insights into neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionDatabases, GeneticGenomicsPhenotypeAnimalsBrainGene Expression RegulationHumans

Identifiers

PMID25710529
PMCPMC4429600
OpenAlexW1995877138

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