Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30572673›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Central Nervous System Myelination: A New Mechanism to Promote Myelin Plasticity and Repair.

Jessica L Fletcher, Simon S Murray, Junhua Xiao

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Spinal Cord Injury Remyelination: Pathways to Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and total brain myelin volume among older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica L FletcherDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia. jessica.fletcher@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-2009-0798
Simon S MurrayDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia. ssmurray@unimelb.edu.au.
Junhua XiaoDepartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, VIC, Australia. xiaoj@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-4320-2855
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council DP180102397National Health and Medical Research Council APP1105108U.S. Department of Defense MS170031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays vitally important roles in neural development and plasticity in both health and disease. Recent studies using mutant mice to selectively manipulate BDNF signalling in desired cell types, in combination with animal models of demyelinating disease, have demonstrated that BDNF not only potentiates normal central nervous system myelination in development but enhances recovery after myelin injury. However, the precise mechanisms by which BDNF enhances myelination in development and repair are unclear. Here, we review some of the recent progress made in understanding the influence BDNF exerts upon the myelinating process during development and after injury, and discuss the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying its effects. In doing so, we raise new questions for future research.

Indexed as

Nerve RegenerationNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCentral Nervous SystemHumansMyelin SheathReceptor, trkBBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorReceptor, trkBBDNFmyelinationneurotrophinoligodendrocyteTrkB

Identifiers

PMID30572673
PMCPMC6321406
OpenAlexW2903612477

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.