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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2018

Axo-myelinic neurotransmission: a novel mode of cell signalling in the central nervous system.

Ileana Micu, Jason R Plemel, Andrew V Caprariello, Klaus-Armin Nave, Peter K Stys

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 61 papers.

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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

61 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ileana MicuUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
Jason R PlemelUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
Andrew V CaprarielloUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
Klaus-Armin NaveDepartment of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Peter K StysUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is widely recognized that myelination of axons greatly enhances the speed of signal transmission. An exciting new finding is the dynamic communication between axons and their myelin-forming oligodendrocytes, including activity-dependent signalling from axon to myelin. The oligodendrocyte-myelin complex may in turn respond by providing metabolic support or alter subtle myelin properties to modulate action potential propagation. In this Opinion, we discuss what is known regarding the molecular physiology of this novel, synapse-like communication and speculate on potential roles in disease states including multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia and Alzheimer disease. An emerging appreciation of the contribution of white-matter perturbations to neurological dysfunction identifies the axo-myelinic synapse as a potential novel therapeutic target.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous SystemHumansModels, NeurologicalMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaSynaptic Transmission

Identifiers

PMID29118449

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