Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27050417›Full record

ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2016

Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disrupted Neurogenesis in the Brain Are Associated with Cognitive Impairment and Depressive-Like Behavior after Spinal Cord Injury.

Junfang Wu, Zaorui Zhao, Alok Kumar, Marta M Lipinski, David J Loane, Bogdan A Stoica, Alan I Faden

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Autophagy activation by the Becn1Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. SGK1 upregulation in GFAPCell death & disease · 2025
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

18 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junfang WuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
Zaorui ZhaoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
Alok KumarDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
Marta M LipinskiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
David J LoaneDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
Bogdan A StoicaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
Alan I FadenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (UM-OAIC)P30AG028747 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Stephen L. Seliger · 2006 to 2026
$28.9M
Spinal Mechanisms Underlying SCI-Induced Pain: Implications for Targeted TherapyR01NR013601 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI DORSEY, SUSAN G, FADEN, ALAN IRA · 2012 to 2021
$6.0M
Translational Phenotyping CoreP30NR014129 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI DORSEY, SUSAN G, FADEN, ALAN IRA · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Function and Mechanisms of Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway in Traumatic Brain InjuryR01NS091218 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LIPINSKI, MARTA M · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028747NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091218NINR NIH HHS P30 NR014129NINR NIH HHS R01 NR013601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical and experimental studies show that spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause cognitive impairment and depression that can significantly impact outcomes. Thus, identifying mechanisms responsible for these less well-examined, important SCI consequences may provide targets for more effective therapeutic intervention. To determine whether cognitive and depressive-like changes correlate with injury severity, we exposed mice to sham, mild, moderate, or severe SCI using the Infinite Horizon Spinal Cord Impactor and evaluated performance on a variety of neurobehavioral tests that are less dependent on locomotion. Cognitive impairment in Y-maze, novel objective recognition, and step-down fear conditioning tasks were increased in moderate- and severe-injury mice that also displayed depressive-like behavior as quantified in the sucrose preference, tail suspension, and forced swim tests. Bromo-deoxyuridine incorporation with immunohistochemistry revealed that SCI led to a long-term reduction in the number of newly-generated immature neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus, accompanied by evidence of greater neuronal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Stereological analysis demonstrated that moderate/severe SCI reduced neuronal survival and increased the number of activated microglia chronically in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. The potent microglial activator cysteine-cysteine chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21) was elevated in the brain sites after SCI in association with increased microglial activation. These findings indicate that SCI causes chronic neuroinflammation that contributes to neuronal loss, impaired hippocampal neurogenesis and increased neuronal ER stress in important brain regions associated with cognitive decline and physiological depression. Accumulation of CCL21 in brain may subserve a pathophysiological role in cognitive changes and depression after SCI.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCognitive DysfunctionDepressionEndoplasmic Reticulum StressLocomotionMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeurogenesisSpinal Cord Injuriesadult neurogenesisbraincognition/depressionER stressspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID27050417
PMCPMC5105355
OpenAlexW2408351121

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.