Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29720231›Full record

ArticleFluids and barriers of the CNS2018

Nimodipine treatment does not benefit juvenile ferrets with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus.

Domenico L Di Curzio, Xiaoyan Mao, Aidan Baker, Marc R Del Bigio

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Article in Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Domenico L Di CurzioDepartment of Pathology, University of Manitoba, 401-727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P5, Canada.
Xiaoyan MaoChildren's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Aidan BakerChildren's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Marc R Del BigioDepartment of Pathology, University of Manitoba, 401-727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P5, Canada. marc.delbigio@umanitoba.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8366-0394
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior research on 3-week hydrocephalic rats showed that behavioral deficits and white matter damage could be reduced by treatment with Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrainCalcium Channel BlockersDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFerretsHydrocephalusKaolinMaleNimodipineTreatment FailureCalcium Channel BlockersKaolinNimodipineBrainFerretHydrocephalusKaolinNimodipine

Identifiers

PMID29720231
PMCPMC5932868
OpenAlexW2805816152

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Registered trials

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