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ArticleScientific reports2017

Unexpected Efficacy of a Novel Sodium Channel Modulator in Dravet Syndrome.

Lyndsey L Anderson, Nicole A Hawkins, Christopher H Thompson, Jennifer A Kearney, Alfred L George

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 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.

Lyndsey L AndersonDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Nicole A HawkinsDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Christopher H ThompsonDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jennifer A KearneyDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alfred L GeorgeDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. al.george@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Genetic Modifiers of Childhood EpilepsyR01NS084959 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KEARNEY, JENNIFER A · 2014 to 2024
$4.2M
HEREDITARY DEFECTS IN HUMAN SODIUM CHANNELSR01NS032387 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L. · 1994 to 2015
$3.2M
Hereditary Defects in Human Sodium ChannelsR37NS032387 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L. · 2003 to 2009
$2.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032387NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS084959NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS032387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dravet syndrome, an epileptic encephalopathy affecting children, largely results from heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the brain voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN1A. Heterozygous Scn1a knockout (Scn1a

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsEpilepsies, MyoclonicIon Channel GatingMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuronsPyramidal CellsPyridinesSeizuresSurvival AnalysisTriazoles6-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)(1,2,4)triazolo(4,3-a)pyridineNAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelPyridinesTriazoles

Identifiers

PMID28490751
PMCPMC5431801
OpenAlexW2610381892

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