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ReviewNeurotoxicology2017

Effects of methylmercury on spinal cord afferents and efferents-A review.

Alexandra Colón-Rodríguez, Heidi E Hannon, William D Atchison

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In one paragraph

Review in Neurotoxicology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mercury-induced excitotoxicity in autism spectrum disorder: disruption of glutamatergic homeostasis and the therapeutic role of the selenium-glutathione axis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  2. Intestinal microbiota protects against methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandra Colón-RodríguezDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1355 Bogue Street, Life Sciences Building Rm. B440, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Institute for Integrative Toxicology, 1129 Farm Lane, Food Safety and Toxicology Rm. 165, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, 784 Wilson Road, Veterinary Medical Center Rm. G-100, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States. Electronic address: colonro1@msu.edu.
Heidi E HannonDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1355 Bogue Street, Life Sciences Building Rm. B440, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Institute for Integrative Toxicology, 1129 Farm Lane, Food Safety and Toxicology Rm. 165, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, 784 Wilson Road, Veterinary Medical Center Rm. G-100, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States. Electronic address: hehannon@iupui.edu.
William D AtchisonDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1355 Bogue Street, Life Sciences Building Rm. B440, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Institute for Integrative Toxicology, 1129 Farm Lane, Food Safety and Toxicology Rm. 165, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, 784 Wilson Road, Veterinary Medical Center Rm. G-100, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States. Electronic address: atchiso1@msu.edu.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

NEUROTOXIC MECHANISMS OF METHYLMERCURY POISONINGR01ES003299 · NIEHS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ATCHISON, WILLIAM D · 1985 to 2012
$5.5M
Environmental Metals, Excitotoxicity and ALSR01ES024064 · NIEHS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ATCHISON, WILLIAM D · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES003299NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES024064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental neurotoxicant of public health concern. It readily accumulates in exposed humans, primarily in neuronal tissue. Exposure to MeHg, either acutely or chronically, causes severe neuronal dysfunction in the central nervous system and spinal neurons; dysfunction of susceptible neuronal populations results in neurodegeneration, at least in part through Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsEfferent PathwaysHumansMethylmercury CompoundsNeuronsSensory Receptor CellsSpinal CordVisceral AfferentsMethylmercury Compounds

Identifiers

PMID28041893
PMCPMC5447474
OpenAlexW2566805826

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Registered trials

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