Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29413525›Full record

ReviewAdvances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.)2018

Synaptotoxic Signaling by Amyloid Beta Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease Through Prion Protein and mGluR5.

A Harrison Brody, Stephen M Strittmatter

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In one paragraph

Review in Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Regulation of autophagy-mediated pathways by diet, physical activity, and sleep in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  16. Amyloid-βiScience · 2023
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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.

A Harrison BrodyProgram in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration & Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Stephen M StrittmatterProgram in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration & Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States; Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States. Electronic address: stephen.strittmatter@yale.edu.
Yale University · US

Funding

Prion Protein in Alzheimer's Disease PathophysiologyR01AG034924 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHEN M STRITTMATTER · 2010 to 2026
$9.6M
Fyn Inhibition by AZD0530 for Alzheimers DiseaseUH3TR000967 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NYGAARD, HAAKON BERGE, STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2014 to 2016
$8.5M
Yale Alzheimer Disease Research CenterP50AG047270 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MAROTTOLI, RICHARD · 2015 to 2019
$8.3M
Genome-Wide Discovery and Translational Research for Neural RepairR35NS097283 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2017 to 2024
$8.1M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF CORTICAL SYSTEMST32NS007224 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CARDIN, JESSICA A · 1985 to 2025
$4.6M
Characterizing and Targeting Pyk2 Kinase in Alzheimer’s DiseaseRF1AG053000 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STRITTMATTER, STEPHEN M · 2016 to 2016
$2.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR000967NIA NIH HHS P50 AG047270NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034924NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053000NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097283NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007224
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents an impending global health crisis, yet the complexity of AD pathophysiology has so far precluded the development of any interventions to successfully slow or halt AD progression. It is clear that accumulation of Amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide triggers progressive synapse loss to cause AD symptoms. Once initiated by Aβ, disease progression is complicated and accelerated by inflammation and by tau pathology. The recognition that Aβ peptide assumes multiple distinct states and that soluble oligomeric species (Aβo) are critical for synaptic damage is central to molecular understanding of AD. This knowledge has led to the identification of specific Aβo receptors, such as cellular prion protein (PrP

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansPrion ProteinsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Signal TransductionSynapsesAmyloid beta-PeptidesPrion ProteinsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Alzheimer's diseaseAmyloidFynMetabotropic glutamate receptormGluR5OligomerPlasticityPrion proteinPyk2Synapse loss

Identifiers

PMID29413525
PMCPMC5835229
OpenAlexW2765991856

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