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ReviewMolecular psychiatry2019

Neurotransmitter changes after traumatic brain injury: an update for new treatment strategies.

Jennifer L McGuire, Laura B Ngwenya, Robert E McCullumsmith

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Review in Molecular psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preclinical Studies on Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Effects of Propranolol in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2024
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  5. Neuropharmacology in pediatric traumatic brain injury.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026
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  6. The brain fatigue syndrome: a cross-diagnostic phenomenon.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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  7. Compromised blood-brain barrier in traumatic brain injury model ofIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer L McGuireDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Jennifer.mcguire@uc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3058-5241
Laura B NgwenyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Robert E McCullumsmithDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
University of Cincinnati · USCincinnati VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a pervasive problem in the United States and worldwide, as the number of diagnosed individuals is increasing yearly and there are no efficacious therapeutic interventions. A large number of patients suffer with cognitive disabilities and psychiatric conditions after TBI, especially anxiety and depression. The constellation of post-injury cognitive and behavioral symptoms suggest permanent effects of injury on neurotransmission. Guided in part by preclinical studies, clinical trials have focused on high-yield pathophysiologic mechanisms, including protein aggregation, inflammation, metabolic disruption, cell generation, physiology, and alterations in neurotransmitter signaling. Despite successful treatment of experimental TBI in animal models, clinical studies based on these findings have failed to translate to humans. The current international effort to reshape TBI research is focusing on redefining the taxonomy and characterization of TBI. In addition, as the next round of clinical trials is pending, there is a pressing need to consider what the field has learned over the past two decades of research, and how we can best capitalize on this knowledge to inform the hypotheses for future innovations. Thus, it is critically important to extend our understanding of the pathophysiology of TBI, particularly to mechanisms that are associated with recovery versus development of chronic symptoms. In this review, we focus on the pathology of neurotransmission after TBI, reflecting on what has been learned from both the preclinical and clinical studies, and we discuss new directions and opportunities for future work.

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AnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticDepressionDepressive DisorderDisease Models, AnimalHumansInflammationNeurotransmitter AgentsNeurotransmitter Agents

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PMID30214042
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