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ReviewBrain sciences2016

Ethanol-Induced Neurodegeneration and Glial Activation in the Developing Brain.

Mariko Saito, Goutam Chakraborty, Maria Hui, Kurt Masiello, Mitsuo Saito

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Review in Brain sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
17.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariko SaitoDivision of Neurochemisty, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. marsaito@nki.rfmh.org.
Goutam ChakrabortyDivision of Neurochemisty, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. chakrabortyg@aol.com.
Maria HuiDivision of Neurochemisty, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. mhui@nki.rfmh.org.
Kurt MasielloDivision of Neurochemisty, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. kmasiello@nki.rfmh.org.
Mitsuo SaitoDepartment of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. mitsaito@nki.rfmh.org.
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research · US

Funding

Long-lasting consequences of early ethanol on network activity during sleepR01AA023181 · NIAAA · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI SAITO, MARIKO, SMILEY, JOHN F · 2014 to 2024
$3.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA023181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ethanol induces neurodegeneration in the developing brain, which may partially explain the long-lasting adverse effects of prenatal ethanol exposure in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). While animal models of FASD show that ethanol-induced neurodegeneration is associated with glial activation, the relationship between glial activation and neurodegeneration has not been clarified. This review focuses on the roles of activated microglia and astrocytes in neurodegeneration triggered by ethanol in rodents during the early postnatal period (equivalent to the third trimester of human pregnancy). Previous literature indicates that acute binge-like ethanol exposure in postnatal day 7 (P7) mice induces apoptotic neurodegeneration, transient activation of microglia resulting in phagocytosis of degenerating neurons, and a prolonged increase in glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes. In our present study, systemic administration of a moderate dose of lipopolysaccharides, which causes glial activation, attenuates ethanol-induced neurodegeneration. These studies suggest that activation of microglia and astrocytes by acute ethanol in the neonatal brain may provide neuroprotection. However, repeated or chronic ethanol can induce significant proinflammatory glial reaction and neurotoxicity. Further studies are necessary to elucidate whether acute or sustained glial activation caused by ethanol exposure in the developing brain can affect long-lasting cellular and behavioral abnormalities observed in the adult brain.

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astrocytesdeveloping brainethanolfetal alcohol spectrum disordersglial activationlipopolysaccharidesmicroglianeurodegenerationneuroinflammationphagocytosis

Identifiers

PMID27537918
PMCPMC5039460
OpenAlexW2509978757

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