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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Stepchild or Prodigy? Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Andrea Rottlaender, Stefanie Kuerten

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Nimodipine fosters remyelination in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis and induces microglia-specific apoptosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrea RottlaenderDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg 97070, Germany. andrea.rottlaender@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Stefanie KuertenDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg 97070, Germany. stefanie.kuerten@uni-wuerzburg.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) and characterized by the infiltration of immune cells, demyelination and axonal loss. Loss of axons and nerve fiber pathology are widely accepted as correlates of neurological disability. Hence, it is surprising that the development of neuroprotective therapies has been neglected for a long time. A reason for this could be the diversity of the underlying mechanisms, complex changes in nerve fiber pathology and the absence of biomarkers and tools to quantify neuroregenerative processes. Present therapeutic strategies are aimed at modulating or suppressing the immune response, but do not primarily attenuate axonal pathology. Yet, target-oriented neuroprotective strategies are essential for the treatment of MS, especially as severe damage of nerve fibers mostly occurs in the course of disease progression and cannot be impeded by immune modulatory drugs. This review shall depict the need for neuroprotective strategies and elucidate difficulties and opportunities.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMultiple SclerosisNeuroprotective AgentsNeuroprotective Agentsaxonal damagedegenerationmultiple sclerosisneuroprotectionregeneration

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PMID26140377
PMCPMC4519875

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