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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2019

Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels and α-Synuclein: Implications in Parkinson's Disease.

Emmanouela Leandrou, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, Kostas Vekrellis

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Gut-Brain Signaling in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Calcium Ions in the Physiology and Pathology of the Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanouela LeandrouCenter for Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Evangelia EmmanouilidouCenter for Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Kostas VekrellisCenter for Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is biochemically and genetically linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies. It is now widely accepted that α-syn can be released in the extracellular space, even though the mechanism of its release is still unclear. In addition, pathology-related aggregated species of α-syn have been shown to propagate between neurons in synaptically connected areas of the brain thereby assisting the spreading of pathology in healthy neighboring neuronal cells. In neurons, calcium channels are key signaling elements that modulate the release of bioactive molecules (hormones, proteins, and neurotransmitters) through calcium sensing. Such calcium sensing activity is determined by the distinct biophysical and pharmacological properties and the ability of calcium channels to interact with other modulatory proteins. Although the function of extracellular α-syn is currently unknown, previous work suggested the presence of a calcium-dependent mechanism for α-syn secretion both

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alpha-synucleincalciumneurodegenerationParkinson’s and related diseasesprotein aggregationsecretionvoltage gated Ca2+ channel

Identifiers

PMID31649506
PMCPMC6794345
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