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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2017

Ether lipids and their elusive function in the nervous system: a role for plasmalogens: An Editorial Highlight for 'Reduced muscle strength in ether lipid-deficient mice is accompanied by altered development and function of the neuromuscular junction' on page 569.

Eric J Murphy

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Article in Journal of neurochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric J MurphyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2311-5244
University of North Dakota · US

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 2738Austrian Science Fund FWF P 24685Austrian Science Fund FWF P 24843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this editorial, we highlight the recent work of Dorninger et al. that demonstrates a reduction in plasmalogens in the motor end plate is associated with a reduction in motor end plate function. This reduction in function is illuminated in reduced muscle function in these mice, corresponding with the reduction in acetylcholine release and in its receptor density observed in these mice.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMiceMuscle WeaknessNervous SystemNeuromuscular JunctionPhospholipidsPlasmalogensPhospholipidsPlasmalogens

Identifiers

PMID28944460
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