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ArticleFrontiers in integrative neuroscience2019

A MEG Study of Acute Arbaclofen (STX-209) Administration.

Timothy P L Roberts, Luke Bloy, Lisa Blaskey, Emily Kuschner, Leah Gaetz, Ayesha Anwar, Matt Ku, Marissa Dipiero, Amanda Bennett, J Christopher Edgar

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Article in Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy P L RobertsLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Luke BloyLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Lisa BlaskeyLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Emily KuschnerLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Leah GaetzLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Ayesha AnwarLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Matt KuLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Marissa DipieroLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Amanda BennettDepartment of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
J Christopher EdgarLurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USCenter for Autism and Related Disorders · USImaging Center · US

Funding

A longitudinal study of brain development in children with autismR01MH107506 · NIMH · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI James Christopher EDGAR · 2016 to 2026
$7.5M
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at CHOP/PennU54HD086984 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI SCHULTZ, ROBERT THOMAS · 2016 to 2020
$6.3M
Brain structure and function in infantsR01HD093776 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI James Christopher EDGAR · 2018 to 2026
$5.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD093776NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD086984NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several electrophysiological parameters, including the auditory evoked response component M50/M100 latencies and the phase synchrony of transient and steady-state gamma-band oscillations have been implicated as atypical (to various extents) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Furthermore, some hypotheses suggest that an underlying neurobiological mechanism for these observations might be atypical local circuit function indexed by atypical levels of inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA. This study was a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, escalating-dose, acute investigation conducted in 25 14-18 year-old adolescents with ASD. The study assessed the sensitivity of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and MEGAPRESS "GABA" magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to monitor dose-dependent acute effects, as well as seeking to define properties of the pre-drug "baseline" electrophysiological and GABA signatures that might predict responsiveness to the GABA-B agonist, arbaclofen (STX-209). Overall, GABA levels and gamma-band oscillatory activity showed no acute changes at either low (15 mg) or high (30 mg) dose. Evoked M50 response latency measures tended to shorten (normalize), but there was heterogeneity across the group in M50 latency response, with only a subset of participants (

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arbaclofenASDbiomarkerGABAMEG (magnetoencephalography)

Identifiers

PMID31866839
PMCPMC6904329
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