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ArticleGenes & development2018

Kynurenic acid accumulation underlies learning and memory impairment associated with aging.

Mihir Vohra, George A Lemieux, Lin Lin, Kaveh Ashrafi

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Article in Genes & development, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Neural production of kynurenic acid inGenes & development · 2020
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  17. Kynurenic acid and cancer: facts and controversies.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mihir VohraDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco California 94158, USA.
George A LemieuxDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco California 94158, USA.
Lin LinDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco California 94158, USA.
Kaveh AshrafiDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco California 94158, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK098722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTIAN VAISSE · 2015 to 2026
$14.6M
Linking metabolism, neural function, and agingR01AG046400 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ASHRAFI, KAVEH · 2014 to 2023
$4.3M
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF AGING IN C ELEGANSR01AG011816 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ASHRAFI, KAVEH · 1994 to 2018
$3.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG011816NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046400NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK098722
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A general feature of animal aging is decline in learning and memory. Here we show that in

Indexed as

LearningMemoryAgingAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansInsulinKynurenic AcidSignal TransductionInsulinKynurenic AcidagingC. eleganskynurenic acidlearningmemorymetabolism

Identifiers

PMID29386332
PMCPMC5828390
OpenAlexW2785830560

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