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ReviewNeural regeneration research2016

Alzheimer's disease: the silver tsunami of the 21(st) century.

Ankita Sarkar, Madison Irwin, Aditi Singh, Matthew Riccetti, Amit Singh

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 56 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ankita SarkarDepartment of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
Madison IrwinDepartment of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
Aditi SinghDepartment of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
Matthew RiccettiDepartment of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
Amit SinghDepartment of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA; Premedical Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA; Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2962-2255
University of Dayton · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD), a fatal progressive neurodegenerative disorder, has no cure to date. One of the causes of AD is the accumulation of amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) plaques, which result in the onset of neurodegeneration. It is not known how these plaques trigger the onset of neurodegeneration. There are several animal models developed to (i) study etiology of disease, (ii) look for genetic modifiers, and (iii) identify chemical inhibitors that can block neurodegeneration and help to find cure for this disease. An insect model of Drosophila melanogaster has also provided new insights into the disease. Here we will discuss the utility of the Drosophila eye model to study Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Alzheimer's diseaseamyloid hypothesisamyloid plaquesanimal modelsdrosophila eyedrosophila melanogasterneurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID27335537
PMCPMC4904444
OpenAlexW2417680305

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