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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Methylmercury Exposure Induces Sexual Dysfunction in Male and Female Drosophila Melanogaster.

Ved Chauhan, Syian Srikumar, Sarah Aamer, Mirazkar D Pandareesh, Abha Chauhan

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Duration-dependent mild heat stress attenuates mercury-induced Neuroreproductive and oxidative toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster via hormetic mechanisms.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ved ChauhanNew York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. ved.chauhan@opwdd.ny.gov.
Syian SrikumarNew York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. syians@bu.edu.
Sarah AamerNew York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. sarah.aamer@gmail.com.
Mirazkar D PandareeshNew York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. pandareesh.d.mirazkar@opwdd.ny.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-4988-5180
Abha ChauhanNew York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. abha.chauhan@opwdd.ny.gov.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mercury, an environmental health hazard, is a neurotoxic heavy metal. In this study, the effect of methylmercury (MeHg) exposure was analyzed on sexual behavior in

Indexed as

AnimalsDietDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGroomingMaleMethylmercury CompoundsOxidative StressSexual Behavior, AnimalTriglyceridesMethylmercury CompoundsTriglyceridescopulationDrosophila melanogastermethylmercuryoxidative stresssexual dysfunction

Identifiers

PMID28946640
PMCPMC5664609
OpenAlexW2757917137

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