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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2016

Traumatic Axonal Injury: Mechanisms and Translational Opportunities.

Ciaran S Hill, Michael P Coleman, David K Menon

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers.

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150citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

150 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Ciaran S HillJohn van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: csch2@cam.ac.uk.
Michael P ColemanJohn van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
David K MenonJohn van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is an important pathoanatomical subgroup of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a major driver of mortality and functional impairment. Experimental models have provided insights into the effects of mechanical deformation on the neuronal cytoskeleton and the subsequent processes that drive axonal injury. There is also increasing recognition that axonal or white matter loss may progress for years post-injury and represent one mechanistic framework for progressive neurodegeneration after TBI. Previous trials of novel therapies have failed to make an impact on clinical outcome, in both TBI in general and TAI in particular. Recent advances in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of injury have the potential to translate into novel therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

AxonsAnimalsBrainBrain InjuriesDiffuse Axonal InjuryDisease Models, AnimalHumansaxonbraindegenerationinjurytherapeuticstraumatic

Identifiers

PMID27040729
PMCPMC5405046

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