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ReviewNeural plasticity2016

Developmental Dynamics of Rett Syndrome.

Danielle Feldman, Abhishek Banerjee, Mriganka Sur

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In one paragraph

Review in Neural plasticity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Four Decades of Inquiry Into the Genetic Bases of Specific Reading Disability.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025
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  10. MeCP2 gene therapy ameliorates disease phenotype in mouse model for Pitt Hopkins syndrome.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024
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  11. Developmental change of brain volume in Rett syndrome in Taiwan.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024
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  14. Rett and Rett-related disorders: Common mechanisms for shared symptoms?Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Danielle FeldmanPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Abhishek BanerjeePicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Laboratory of Neural Circuit Dynamics, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Mriganka SurPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rett Syndrome was long considered to be simply a disorder of postnatal development, with phenotypes that manifest only late in development and into adulthood. A variety of recent evidence demonstrates that the phenotypes of Rett Syndrome are present at the earliest stages of brain development, including developmental stages that define neurogenesis, migration, and patterning in addition to stages of synaptic and circuit development and plasticity. These phenotypes arise from the pleotropic effects of MeCP2, which is expressed very early in neuronal progenitors and continues to be expressed into adulthood. The effects of MeCP2 are mediated by diverse signaling, transcriptional, and epigenetic mechanisms. Attempts to reverse the effects of Rett Syndrome need to take into account the developmental dynamics and temporal impact of MeCP2 loss.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCell MovementEpigenesis, GeneticHumansNeuronal PlasticityPhenotypeRett SyndromeSignal TransductionSynaptic Transmission

Identifiers

PMID26942018
PMCPMC4752981
OpenAlexW2288285535

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