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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2018

Brain Energy and Oxygen Metabolism: Emerging Role in Normal Function and Disease.

Michelle E Watts, Roger Pocock, Charles Claudianos

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 225 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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225citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
9.9field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

225 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 397 citations in OpenAlex.

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165 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle E WattsQueensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Roger PocockDevelopment and Stem Cells Program, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Charles ClaudianosQueensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Australian National University · AUMonash University · AUUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dynamic metabolic changes occurring in neurons are critically important in directing brain plasticity and cognitive function. In other tissue types, disruptions to metabolism and the resultant changes in cellular oxidative state, such as increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) or induction of hypoxia, are associated with cellular stress. In the brain however, where drastic metabolic shifts occur to support physiological processes, subsequent changes to cellular oxidative state and induction of transcriptional sensors of oxidative stress likely play a significant role in regulating physiological neuronal function. Understanding the role of metabolism and metabolically-regulated genes in neuronal function will be critical in elucidating how cognitive functions are disrupted in pathological conditions where neuronal metabolism is affected. Here, we discuss known mechanisms regulating neuronal metabolism as well as the role of hypoxia and oxidative stress during normal and disrupted neuronal function. We also summarize recent studies implicating a role for metabolism in regulating neuronal plasticity as an emerging neuroscience paradigm.

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hypoxianeurodegenerationneurometabolismoxidative metabolismplasticity

Identifiers

PMID29988368
PMCPMC6023993
OpenAlexW2807705809

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