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ReviewJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2016

Neuronal network disintegration: common pathways linking neurodegenerative diseases.

Rebekah M Ahmed, Emma M Devenney, Muireann Irish, Arne Ittner, Sharon Naismith, Lars M Ittner, Jonathan D Rohrer, Glenda M Halliday, Andrew Eisen, John R Hodges and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 128 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Rebekah M AhmedSydney Medical School Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Neuroscience Research Australia, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Emma M DevenneySydney Medical School Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Neuroscience Research Australia, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Muireann IrishNeuroscience Research Australia, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia School of Psychology, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Arne IttnerFaculty of Medicine, Dementia Research Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Sharon NaismithSchool of Psychology, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Lars M IttnerFaculty of Medicine, Dementia Research Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Jonathan D RohrerDementia Research Centre, University College London Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Glenda M HallidayNeuroscience Research Australia, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew EisenUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
John R HodgesNeuroscience Research Australia, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Matthew C KiernanSydney Medical School Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Neuroscience Research Australia · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AUUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegeneration refers to a heterogeneous group of brain disorders that progressively evolve. It has been increasingly appreciated that many neurodegenerative conditions overlap at multiple levels and therefore traditional clinicopathological correlation approaches to better classify a disease have met with limited success. Neuronal network disintegration is fundamental to neurodegeneration, and concepts based around such a concept may better explain the overlap between their clinical and pathological phenotypes. In this Review, promoters of overlap in neurodegeneration incorporating behavioural, cognitive, metabolic, motor, and extrapyramidal presentations will be critically appraised. In addition, evidence that may support the existence of large-scale networks that might be contributing to phenotypic differentiation will be considered across a neurodegenerative spectrum. Disintegration of neuronal networks through different pathological processes, such as prion-like spread, may provide a better paradigm of disease and thereby facilitate the identification of novel therapies for neurodegeneration.

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BrainHumansNerve NetNeurodegenerative DiseasesPhenotypeALZHEIMER'S DISEASECOGNITIONDEMENTIAMOTOR NEURON DISEASENEUROANATOMY

Identifiers

PMID27172939
PMCPMC5099318
OpenAlexW2366611116

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