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ArticleNature medicine2017

Pericytes impair capillary blood flow and motor function after chronic spinal cord injury.

Yaqing Li, Ana M Lucas-Osma, Sophie Black, Mischa V Bandet, Marilee J Stephens, Romana Vavrek, Leo Sanelli, Keith K Fenrich, Antonio F Di Narzo, Stella Dracheva and 3 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05183113 (Neurovascular Mechanisms of Intermittent Hypoxia Induced Neural Plasticity), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers.

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101citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05183113 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Neurovascular Mechanisms of Intermittent Hypoxia Induced Neural Plasticity

TypeinterventionalSponsorNorthwestern UniversityRan2019 to 2023Enrolled43ConditionsSpinal Cord InjuriesArmsAcute Intermittent Hypoxia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Rediscovery of pericytes within the neurovascular unit for cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  6. Eppur si muove: the dynamic brain pericyte.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025
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  7. In vivo programming of adult pericytes aids axon regeneration by providing cellular bridges for SCI repair.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  17. [Experimental study of tetramethylpyrazine-loaded electroconductive hydrogel on angiogenesis and neuroprotection after spinal cord injury].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024
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41 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yaqing LiNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ana M Lucas-OsmaNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sophie BlackNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mischa V BandetNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Marilee J StephensNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Romana VavrekNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Leo SanelliNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Keith K FenrichNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Antonio F Di NarzoDepartment of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Stella DrachevaThe Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Ian R WinshipNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Karim FouadNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
David J BennettNeuroscience and Mental Health Institute and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAWomen and Children’s Health Research Institute · CAAllen Institute for Brain Science · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Motoneuron Properties in Chronic Spinal InjuryR01NS047567 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA · PI BENNETT, DAVID JAMES, FOUAD, KARIM · 2004 to 2020
$4.0M
Transforming Genomics with 5 PB Big Omics Data Engine Cray CS300-AC SupercomputerS10OD018522 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2014 to 2014
$1.9M
RNA Editing Alterations in Spinal Cord InjuryI01BX002343 · VA · JAMES J PETERS VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DRACHEVA, STELLA · 2014 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX002343NIH HHS S10 OD018522NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood vessels in the central nervous system (CNS) are controlled by neuronal activity. For example, widespread vessel constriction (vessel tone) is induced by brainstem neurons that release the monoamines serotonin and noradrenaline, and local vessel dilation is induced by glutamatergic neuron activity. Here we examined how vessel tone adapts to the loss of neuron-derived monoamines after spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. We find that, months after the imposition of SCI, the spinal cord below the site of injury is in a chronic state of hypoxia owing to paradoxical excess activity of monoamine receptors (5-HT

Indexed as

VasoconstrictionAnimalsAromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesBiogenic MonoaminesCapillariesHypoxiaInjections, SpinalLocomotionMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, InterferenceNorepinephrineOxygenOxygen Inhalation TherapyPericytesRatsReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesBiogenic MonoaminesNorepinephrineOxygenReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1BReceptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1RNA, MessengerSerotoninSerotonin 5-HT1 Receptor AntagoniststryptamineTryptaminesTyramine

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PMID28459438
PMCPMC5716958
OpenAlexW2611542292

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