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ReviewJournal of neuroscience methods2016

Novel pharmaceutical treatments for minimal traumatic brain injury and evaluation of animal models and methodologies supporting their development.

Hanna Deselms, Nicola Maggio, Vardit Rubovitch, Joab Chapman, Shaul Schreiber, David Tweedie, Dong Seok Kim, Nigel H Greig, Chaim G Pick

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Review in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hanna DeselmsDepartment of Anatomy and Anthropology, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Nicola MaggioDepartment of Neurology, The J. Sagol Neuroscience Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan, Israel; Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan, Israel; Department of Neurology, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Vardit RubovitchDepartment of Anatomy and Anthropology, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Joab ChapmanDepartment of Neurology, The J. Sagol Neuroscience Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan, Israel; Department of Neurology, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shaul SchreiberDepartment of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
David TweedieDrug Design & Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Dong Seok KimDrug Design & Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Nigel H GreigDrug Design & Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Chaim G PickDepartment of Anatomy and Anthropology, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: pickc@post.tau.ac.il.
Tel Aviv University · ILNational Institutes of Health · USSheba Medical Center · ILTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · IL

Funding

Design And Development Of Experimental Therapeutics ((Systemic & Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease)ZIAAG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$16.0M
Neuroprotective role of GLP-1 receptor agonists (Neurodegenerative disorders & Alzheimer's disease)ZIAAG000333 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$10.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe need for effective pharmaceuticals within animal models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be paramount, as TBI remains the major cause of brain damage for children and young adults. While preventative measures may act to reduce the incidence of initial blunt trauma, well-tolerated drugs are needed to target the neurologically damaging internal cascade of molecular mechanisms that follow. Such processes, known collectively as the secondary injury phase, include inflammation, excitotoxicity, and apoptosis among other changes still subject to research. In this article positive treatment findings to mitigate this secondary injury in rodent TBI models will be overviewed, and include recent studies on Exendin-4, N-Acetyl-l-cycteine, Salubrinal and Thrombin.

conclusionsThese studies provide representative examples of methodologies that can be combined with widely available in vivo rodent models to evaluate therapeutic approaches of translational relevance, as well as drug targets and biochemical cascades that may slow or accelerate the degenerative processes induced by TBI. They employ well-characterized tests such as the novel object recognition task for assessing cognitive deficits. The application of such methodologies provides both decision points and a gateway for implementation of further translational studies to establish the feasibility of clinical efficacy of potential therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticHumansModels, AnimalNeuroprotective AgentsNeuroprotective AgentsAnimal models of TBIExendin-4N-Acetyl-l-cycteineSalubrinalThrombinTraumatic brain injury

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PMID26868733
PMCPMC5878044
OpenAlexW2259608224

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