Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30450376›Full record

ReviewNeurobiology of stress2018

Tauopathy and neurodegeneration: A role for stress.

Jorge A Sierra-Fonseca, Kristin L Gosselink

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Neurobiology of stress, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The Amygdala and Politics.Brain sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Protective Potential ofCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024
    Article
  7. Is Gulf War Illness a prolonged early phase tauopathy?Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024
    Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Chronic Stress, Depression, and Alzheimer's Disease: The Triangle of Oblivion.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
    Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
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.

Jorge A Sierra-FonsecaDepartment of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA.
Kristin L GosselinkDepartment of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA.

Funding

TCCG12MD007592 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI KIRKEN, ROBERT A. · 2012 to 2018
$19.4M
UTEP DIDARP: Vulnerability Issues in Drug Abuse (VIDA)R24DA029989 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI CASTANEDA, EDWARD · 2011 to 2015
$2.1M
NIDA NIH HHS R24 DA029989NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by an irreversible and progressive loss of neuronal structure and function. While many alterations to normal cellular processes occur during neurodegeneration, a pathological accumulation of aggregated proteins constitutes a hallmark of several neurodegenerative disorders. Alzheimer's disease, specifically, is pathologically defined by the formation of amyloid plaques and tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Stress has emerged as an important factor in the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's. Very little is known, however, regarding the effects of stress on the mechanisms controlling abnormal protein aggregation and clearance. Chronic stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, causing an excessive secretion of glucocorticoids that are capable of impacting diverse physiological and cellular processes. The present review focuses on the influence of stress on a key feature of Alzheimer's disease pathology, emphasizing the relationship between tau phosphorylation and accumulation and its connection to HPA axis dysfunction.

Indexed as

Alzheimer's diseaseHPA axisHyperphosphorylationNeurodegenerationStressTau

Identifiers

PMID30450376
PMCPMC6234266

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.