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ReviewNeural plasticity2018

Photoperiod-Induced Neuroplasticity in the Circadian System.

Alessandra Porcu, Malini Riddle, Davide Dulcis, David K Welsh

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Photoperiod Induces the Epigenetic Change of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  8. Insufficient reporting of experimental variables as a cause for nonreproducibility in animal physiology? A case study.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022
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  13. Dim light in the evening causes coordinated realignment of circadian rhythms, sleep, and short-term memory.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandra PorcuDepartment of Psychiatry and Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., San Diego, CA MC-0603, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3891-3027
Malini RiddleDepartment of Psychiatry and Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., San Diego, CA MC-0603, USA.
Davide DulcisDepartment of Psychiatry and Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., San Diego, CA MC-0603, USA.
David K WelshDepartment of Psychiatry and Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., San Diego, CA MC-0603, USA.
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

Cellular Circadian Clocks in Mood DisordersI01BX001146 · VA · VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI WELSH, DAVID K · 2012 to 2020
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BLRD VA I01 BX001146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seasonal changes in light exposure have profound effects on behavioral and physiological functions in many species, including effects on mood and cognitive function in humans. The mammalian brain's master circadian clock, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), transmits information about external light conditions to other brain regions, including some implicated in mood and cognition. Although the detailed mechanisms are not yet known, the SCN undergoes highly plastic changes at the cellular and network levels under different light conditions. We therefore propose that the SCN may be an essential mediator of the effects of seasonal changes of day length on mental health. In this review, we explore various forms of neuroplasticity that occur in the SCN and other brain regions to facilitate seasonal adaptation, particularly altered phase distribution of cellular circadian oscillators in the SCN and changes in hypothalamic neurotransmitter expression.

Indexed as

PhotoperiodAnimalsCircadian ClocksCircadian RhythmHumansNerve NetNeuronal PlasticitySeasonsSuprachiasmatic Nucleus

Identifiers

PMID29681926
PMCPMC5851158
OpenAlexW2794067019

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Registered trials

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