Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29396175›Full record

ReviewEuropean journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society2018

Basal ganglia mechanisms in action selection, plasticity, and dystonia.

Jonathan W Mink

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Review in European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Generalized dystonia unraveled: Molecular mechanisms, diagnostic strategies, and treatment paradigms.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  4. Predisposing factors to pattern change in cervical dystonia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025
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  10. Enhancement of adenosine AFrontiers in neuroscience · 2022
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  13. A Comprehensive Review of Tic Disorders in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  14. Contemporary functional neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of dystonia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2021
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  16. Neurobiological mechanisms associated with antipsychotic drug-induced dystonia.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2021
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  19. ParvalbuminThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan W MinkDepartments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA. Electronic address: jonathan_mink@urmc.rochester.edu.
University of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DYSTONIA AND PARKINSONISMR01NS039821 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MINK, JONATHAN W. · 2000 to 2011
$2.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal ganglia circuits are organized to selected desired actions and to inhibit potentially competing unwanted actions. This is accomplished through a complex circuitry that is modified through development and learning. Mechanisms of neural plasticity underlying these modifications are increasingly understood, but new mechanisms continue to be discovered. Dystonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause abnormal postures and movements. Emerging evidence points to important links between mechanisms of plasticity and the manifestations of dystonia. Investigation of these mechanisms has improved understanding of the action of currently used medication and is informing the development of new treatments.

Indexed as

Basal GangliaDystoniaHumansNeuronal PlasticityBasalDystoniaGangliaPharmacotherapyPlasticitySynaptic

Identifiers

PMID29396175
PMCPMC5815934
OpenAlexW2783479764

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