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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2015

NMDA Receptor Function During Senescence: Implication on Cognitive Performance.

Ashok Kumar

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Caveolae with serotonin and NMDA receptors as promising targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2024
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashok KumarDepartment of Neuroscience, Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA.
University of Florida · US

Funding

Molecular Genetic Characterization of SCA8R37NS040389 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI RANUM, LAURA P.W · 2015 to 2021
$4.5M
MOLECULAR GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SCA8R01NS040389 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI RANUM, LAURA P.W · 2000 to 2010
$3.8M
Estrogen and cognition over the lifespanR01AG037984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C, KUMAR, ASHOK · 2011 to 2022
$3.3M
Signaling cascades and memory deficits during agingR37AG036800 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2010 to 2018
$2.6M
Systemic inflammation in regulating the onset and progression of brain agingR01AG049711 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2015 to 2019
$1.5M
Estrogen and cognition over the lifespanR56AG037984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2010 to 2010
$271k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037984NIA NIH HHS R01 AG049711NIA NIH HHS R37 AG036800NIA NIH HHS R56 AG037984NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040389NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS040389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, a family of L-glutamate receptors, play an important role in learning and memory, and are critical for spatial memory. These receptors are tetrameric ion channels composed of a family of related subunits. One of the hallmarks of the aging human population is a decline in cognitive function; studies in the past couple of years have demonstrated deterioration in NMDA receptor subunit expression and function with advancing age. However, a direct relationship between impaired memory function and a decline in NMDA receptors is still ambiguous. Recent studies indicate a link between an age-associated NMDA receptor hypofunction and memory impairment and provide evidence that age-associated enhanced oxidative stress might be contributing to the alterations associated with senescence. However, clear evidence is still deficient in demonstrating the underlying mechanisms and a relationship between age-associated impaired cognitive faculties and NMDA receptor hypofunction. The current review intends to present an overview of the research findings regarding changes in expression of various NMDA receptor subunits and deficits in NMDA receptor function during senescence and its implication in age-associated impaired hippocampal-dependent memory function.

Indexed as

agingGluN2AGluN2BhippocampuslearningNMDA receptoroxidative stressspatial memory

Identifiers

PMID26732087
PMCPMC4679982
OpenAlexW2271177718

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