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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2018

The Role of BDNF in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Activity-Dependent Treatments and Val66Met.

Claire Emma McGregor, Arthur W English

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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108citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Claire Emma McGregorDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Arthur W EnglishDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Emory University · US

Funding

TRAINING IN SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY:NEUROSCIENCET32GM008605 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, YOLAND · 1996 to 2015
$4.2M
Training In Systems And Integrative Biology NeuroscienceT32NS096050 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Yoland Smith · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
Exercise, neurotrophins, and axon regeneration in the PNSR01NS057190 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ENGLISH, ARTHUR W. · 2007 to 2016
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008605NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057190NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS096050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the ability of peripheral nerves to spontaneously regenerate after injury, recovery is generally very poor. The neurotrophins have emerged as an important modulator of axon regeneration, particularly brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF regulation and signaling, as well as its role in activity-dependent treatments including electrical stimulation, exercise, and optogenetic stimulation are discussed here. The importance of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the

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BDNFelectrical stimulationexerciseoptogeneticsperipheral nerve injurytrkBVal66Met

Identifiers

PMID30687012
PMCPMC6336700
OpenAlexW2905346705

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