Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29286334›Full record

ArticleToxins2017

A Single Neonatal Exposure to BMAA in a Rat Model Produces Neuropathology Consistent with Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Laura Louise Scott, Timothy Grant Downing

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Article in Toxins, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 53 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura Louise ScottDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77 000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa. Laura.Scott@mandela.ac.za.
Timothy Grant DowningDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. Box 77 000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa. Tim.Downing@mandela.ac.za.
Nelson Mandela University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalNeurodegenerative DiseasesAmino Acids, DiaminoAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrainCyanobacteria ToxinsFemaleMaleNeuronsNeurotoxinsRats, Sprague-DawleySpinal CordAmino Acids, Diaminobeta-N-methylamino-L-alanineCyanobacteria ToxinsNeurotoxinsAlzheimer’s disease, amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles, Lewy bodiesBMAA">l-alanineneurodegenerationParkinson’s diseaseratsβ-N-methylamino-

Identifiers

PMID29286334
PMCPMC5793109
OpenAlexW2789293490

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