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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2018

Force-Mediating Magnetic Nanoparticles to Engineer Neuronal Cell Function.

Trevor J Gahl, Anja Kunze

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanical Forces Guide Axon Growth through the Nigrostriatal Pathway in an Organotypic Model.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. Manipulation of Axonal Outgrowth via Exogenous Low Forces.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  17. Understanding Interactions Driving the Template-Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles at Surfaces.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Trevor J GahlDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States.
Anja KunzeDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States.
Montana State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular processes like membrane deformation, cell migration, and transport of organelles are sensitive to mechanical forces. Technically, these cellular processes can be manipulated through operating forces at a spatial precision in the range of nanometers up to a few micrometers through chaperoning force-mediating nanoparticles in electrical, magnetic, or optical field gradients. But which force-mediating tool is more suitable to manipulate cell migration, and which, to manipulate cell signaling? We review here the differences in forces sensation to control and engineer cellular processes inside and outside the cell, with a special focus on neuronal cells. In addition, we discuss technical details and limitations of different force-mediating approaches and highlight recent advancements of nanomagnetics in cell organization, communication, signaling, and intracellular trafficking. Finally, we give suggestions about how force-mediating nanoparticles can be used to our advantage in next-generation neurotherapeutic devices.

Indexed as

cell communicationcell guidancecell polarityintracellular forcesnanomagneticsnanoparticlesneurons

Identifiers

PMID29867315
PMCPMC5962660
OpenAlexW2801210591

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