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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2017

All Wrapped Up: Environmental Effects on Myelination.

Thomas A Forbes, Vittorio Gallo

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Thomas A ForbesCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Electronic address: tforbes@childrensnational.org.
Vittorio GalloCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Electronic address: vgallo@cnmcresearch.org.

Funding

NEUROIMAGING COREP30HD040677 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2001 to 2015
$15.9M
Research_ProjectU54HD090257 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2016 to 2020
$5.9M
Environmental Enrichment Promotes Generation of New Oligodendrocytes and Attenuates Hypoxia-Induced Perinatal White Matter InjuryF31NS100277 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI FORBES, THOMAS · 2017 to 2018
$63k
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD040677NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090257NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS100277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, studies have demonstrated the dynamic influence of exogenous environmental stimuli on multiple regions of the brain. This environmental influence positively and negatively impacts programs governing myelination, and acts on myelinating oligodendrocyte (OL) cells across the human lifespan. Developmentally, environmental manipulation of OL progenitor cells (OPCs) has profound effects on the establishment of functional cognitive, sensory, and motor programs. Furthermore, central nervous system (CNS) myelin remains an adaptive entity in adulthood, sensitive to environmentally induced structural changes. Here, we discuss the role of environmental stimuli on mechanisms governing programs of CNS myelination under normal and pathological conditions. Importantly, we highlight how these extrinsic cues can influence the intrinsic power of myelin plasticity to promote functional recovery.

Indexed as

EnvironmentAnimalsHumansMyelin SheathNeuronal Plasticity

Identifiers

PMID28844283
PMCPMC5671205

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