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ArticleScientific reports2017

Astrocyte calcium waves propagate proximally by gap junction and distally by extracellular diffusion of ATP released from volume-regulated anion channels.

Yuki Fujii, Shohei Maekawa, Mitsuhiro Morita

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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 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuki FujiiKobe University Graduate School of Science, Department of Biology, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Shohei MaekawaKobe University Graduate School of Science, Department of Biology, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Mitsuhiro MoritaKobe University Graduate School of Science, Department of Biology, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan. mmorita@boar.kobe-u.ac.jp.
Kobe University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wave-like propagation of [Ca

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphateAnimalsAstrocytesFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGap JunctionsIon ChannelsLipopolysaccharidesMaleRatsReceptors, LipoproteinAdenosine TriphosphateIon ChannelsLipopolysaccharidesReceptors, Lipoprotein

Identifiers

PMID29030562
PMCPMC5640625
OpenAlexW2762639468

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