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ArticleNeurobiology of disease2018

Lovastatin suppresses hyperexcitability and seizure in Angelman syndrome model.

Leeyup Chung, Alexandra L Bey, Aaron J Towers, Xinyu Cao, Il Hwan Kim, Yong-Hui Jiang

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Article in Neurobiology of disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Peptidomimetic inhibitors targeting TrkB/PSD-95 signaling improves cognition and seizure outcomes in an Angelman Syndrome mouse model.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  8. Emerging Gene and Small Molecule Therapies for the Neurodevelopmental Disorder Angelman Syndrome.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021
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  14. The Effect of Statins in Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Leeyup ChungDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Alexandra L BeyDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Aaron J TowersUniversity Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Xinyu CaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Il Hwan KimDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Yong-Hui JiangDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States; University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States. Electronic address: yong-hui.jiang@duke.edu.
Duke University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007171 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KONTOS, CHRISTOPHER D · 1985 to 2021
$31.2M
Medical Scientist Training Program Training GrantT32GM145449 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher D Kontos · 2022 to 2026
$6.6M
Characterizing the (epi)genetics of oxytocin response in clinical and animal modelsR01HD088007 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GREGORY, SIMON G, JIANG, YONG-HUI · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
Epigenetic Therapy and Prader-Willi SyndromeR01HD088626 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI JIANG, YONG-HUI, JIN, JIAN · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
Analysis of Shank3 Complete and Temporal and Spatial Specific Knockout MiceR01MH098114 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JIANG, YONG-HUI · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
A novel neural circuit analysis paradigm to model autism in miceR21MH104316 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JIANG, YONG-HUI · 2014 to 2015
$435k
A novel paradigm to dissect the function connectivity in Shank3 autism modelR21HD087795 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI JIANG, YONG-HUI · 2017 to 2018
$434k
Therapeutic potential for Prader-Willi syndromeR21HD077197 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JIANG, YONG-HUI · 2014 to 2015
$413k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD088007NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD088626NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD077197NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD087795NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007171NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145449NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH098114NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH104316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is prevalent and often medically intractable in Angelman syndrome (AS). AS mouse model (Ube3a

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAngelman SyndromeAnimalsAnticonvulsantsEpilepsyFemaleHippocampusLovastatinMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOrgan Culture TechniquesSeizuresUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAnticonvulsantsLovastatinUbe3a protein, mouseUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAngelman syndromeLong burstLovastatinSeizureUbe3a

Identifiers

PMID29097328
PMCPMC5903876
OpenAlexW2765805160

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Registered trials

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