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ArticleEpilepsia open2019

Decreased epileptogenesis in mice lacking the System x

Sheila M S Sears, James A Hewett, Sandra J Hewett

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Article in Epilepsia open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Plasma Cystine as a Marker of Acute Stroke Severity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  7. Sex- and age-dependent contribution of System xFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023
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  9. The Cystine/Glutamate Antiporter, System xFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sheila M S SearsDepartment of Biology Program in Neuroscience Syracuse University Syracuse New York.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-3323
James A HewettDepartment of Biology Program in Neuroscience Syracuse University Syracuse New York.
Sandra J HewettDepartment of Biology Program in Neuroscience Syracuse University Syracuse New York.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2987-3791
Syracuse University · US

Funding

IL-1 in Protection and InjuryR01NS051445 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HEWETT, SANDRA J · 2006 to 2017
$3.2M
Investigating the Role of System xc- in Glutamate, Glutathione and Synapse Homeostasis in VivoR01NS105767 · NINDS · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY · PI HEWETT, SANDRA J · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Cyclooxygenase-2: an endogenous neuromodulator in seizures and epileptogenesisR15NS082982 · NINDS · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY · PI HEWETT, JAMES A · 2014 to 2014
$444k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS051445NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105767NINDS NIH HHS R15 NS082982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAlthough the cystine/glutamate antiporter System x

methodsMale Sx

resultsRepeated administration of PTZ produced chemical kindling in only 50% of Sx SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides the first evidence that Sx

Indexed as

astrocytesGluA1kindlingpentylenetetrazolexCT

Identifiers

PMID30868123
PMCPMC6398109
OpenAlexW2911474076

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