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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2016

Network abnormalities and interneuron dysfunction in Alzheimer disease.

Jorge J Palop, Lennart Mucke

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 632 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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632citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
30.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06202872 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Memory Enhancement Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

TypeinterventionalSponsorAmsterdam UMC, location VUmcRan2024 to 2026Enrolled26ConditionsAlzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive ImpairmentArmsGamma (40 Hz) tACS at the precuneus region, Sham tACS at the precuneus region
NCT06284720 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for the Improvement of Episodic Memory in Healthy Older Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidade Católica PortuguesaRan2024 to 2024Enrolled16ConditionsHealthy Older AdultsArmsGamma tACS (40 Hz) over the precuneus, Sham tACS over the precuneus
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

632 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,002 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.

Jorge J PalopGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Lennart MuckeGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Gladstone Institutes · US

Funding

Transgenic Models to Study Alzheimer's DiseaseR37AG011385 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MUCKE, LENNART · 2002 to 2011
$4.9M
Contribution of DNA Repair Deficits to Alzheimer PathogenesisRF1AG053981 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MUCKE, LENNART · 2016 to 2017
$3.9M
TRANSGENIC MODELS TO SUDY ALZHEIMERS DISEASER01AG011385 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MUCKE, LENNART · 1992 to 2017
$3.2M
Restoring Brain Functions in Alzheimer Models with Interneuron TransplantsR01AG047313 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI PALOP, JORGE J · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG011385NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047313NIA NIH HHS R37 AG011385NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The function of neural circuits and networks can be controlled, in part, by modulating the synchrony of their components' activities. Network hypersynchrony and altered oscillatory rhythmic activity may contribute to cognitive abnormalities in Alzheimer disease (AD). In this condition, network activities that support cognition are altered decades before clinical disease onset, and these alterations predict future pathology and brain atrophy. Although the precise causes and pathophysiological consequences of these network alterations remain to be defined, interneuron dysfunction and network abnormalities have emerged as potential mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in AD and related disorders. Here, we explore the concept that modulating these mechanisms may help to improve brain function in these conditions.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainCognition DisordersHumansInterneuronsNerve NetNeural Pathways

Identifiers

PMID27829687
PMCPMC8162106
OpenAlexW2549366107

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Registered trials

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