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ReviewBehavioural brain research2017

Molecular and cellular aspects of age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.

Rikki Hullinger, Luigi Puglielli

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Review in Behavioural brain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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.

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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 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.

Rikki HullingerDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Luigi PuglielliDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Madison, WI 53705, USA. Electronic address: lp1@medicine.wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP50AG033514 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI JOHNSON, STERLING C · 2009 to 2018
$16.2M
NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007507 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HALLORAN, MARY C · 1985 to 2017
$9.3M
Spastic paraplegia, neurodegeneration and autism: possible role for AT- 1/SLC33A1?R01NS094154 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Luigi Puglielli · 2015 to 2026
$4.3M
Novel mechanisms for Alzheimer's disease prevention and/or treatmentI01BX001638 · VA · WM S. MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSP · PI PUGLIELLI, LUIGI · 2013 to 2016
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BLRD VA I01 BX001638NIA NIH HHS P50 AG033514NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007507NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094154
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the population of people aged 60 or older continues to rise, it has become increasingly important to understand the molecular basis underlying age-related cognitive decline. In fact, a better understanding of aging biology will help us identify ways to maintain high levels of cognitive functioning throughout the aging process. Many cellular and molecular aspects of brain aging are shared with other organ systems; however, certain age-related changes are unique to the nervous system due to its structural, cellular and molecular complexity. Importantly, the brain appears to show differential changes throughout the aging process, with certain regions (e.g. frontal and temporal regions) being more vulnerable than others (e.g. brain stem). Within the medial temporal lobe, the hippocampus is especially susceptible to age-related changes. The important role of the hippocampus in age-related cognitive decline and in vulnerability to disease processes such as Alzheimer's disease has prompted this review, which will focus on the complexity of changes that characterize aging, and on the molecular connections that exist between normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. Finally, it will discuss behavioral interventions and emerging insights for promoting healthy cognitive aging.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsCognitive DysfunctionHumansAgingAlzheimer’s diseaseCognitionHippocampusMolecular mechanisms

Identifiers

PMID27163751
PMCPMC5099115
OpenAlexW2365882656

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