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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2016

Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Disorders of Aging.

Joanna Mattis, Amita Sehgal

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
173citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

173 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 362 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joanna MattisDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Amita SehgalHHMI, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: amita@mail.med.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Cycling in a circadian circuitR37NS048471 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SEHGAL, AMITA · 2015 to 2021
$2.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNINDS NIH HHS R37 NS048471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep-wake cycles are known to be disrupted in people with neurodegenerative disorders. These findings are now supported by data from animal models for some of these disorders, raising the question of whether the disrupted sleep/circadian regulation contributes to the loss of neural function. As circadian rhythms and sleep consolidation also break down with normal aging, changes in these may be part of what makes aging a risk factor for disorders like Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mechanisms underlying the connection between circadian/sleep dysregulation and neurodegeneration remain unclear, but several recent studies provide interesting possibilities. While mechanistic analysis is under way, it is worth considering treatment of circadian/sleep disruption as a means to alleviate symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

Sleep Wake DisordersAgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsChronobiology DisordersCircadian RhythmHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseSleepagingAlzheimer'scircadian rhythmsHuntington'sneurodegenerationParkinson'ssleep

Identifiers

PMID26947521
PMCPMC4808513
OpenAlexW2292489640

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