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ReviewCell transplantation2017

Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Dopaminergic Transmission.

Yuan-Hao Chen, Eagle Yi-Kung Huang, Tung-Tai Kuo, Jonathan Miller, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Barry J Hoffer

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Review in Cell transplantation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The Role of Nanotechnology in Understanding the Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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  18. Multiscale Mechanobiology in Brain Physiology and Diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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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

6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuan-Hao Chen1 Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Eagle Yi-Kung Huang2 Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Tung-Tai Kuo3 Graduate Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Jonathan Miller4 Department of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Yung-Hsiao Chiang5 Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Barry J Hoffer4 Department of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · USNational Defense Medical Center · TWNational Taipei University of Technology · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TWUniversity School · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain trauma is often associated with severe morbidity and is a major public health concern. Even when injury is mild and no obvious anatomic disruption is seen, many individuals suffer disabling neuropsychological impairments such as memory loss, mood dysfunction, substance abuse, and adjustment disorder. These changes may be related to subtle disruption of neural circuits as well as functional changes at the neurotransmitter level. In particular, there is considerable evidence that dopamine (DA) physiology in the nigrostriatal and mesocorticolimbic pathways might be impaired after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Alterations in DA levels can lead to oxidative stress and cellular dysfunction, and DA plays an important role in central nervous system inflammation. Therapeutic targeting of DA pathways may offer benefits for both neuronal survival and functional outcome after TBI. The purpose of this review is to discuss the role of DA pathology in acute TBI and the potential impact of therapies that target these systems for the treatment of TBI.

Indexed as

Synaptic TransmissionAnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticDisease Models, AnimalDopamineHumansDopamineDAtraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID28933212
PMCPMC5657731
OpenAlexW2577265839

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