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ArticleDose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society

The Neuroprotective Effect of Amitriptyline on Radiation-Induced Impairment of Hippocampal Neurogenesis.

Yu Rong Guo, Zi Wei Liu, Shuang Peng, Meng Yun Duan, Jing Wei Feng, Wei Feng Wang, Yan Hua Xu, Xi Tang, Xiang Zhi Zhang, Bo Xu Ren and 1 more

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Article in Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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.

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

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

  1. Effects of radiotherapy on the hippocampus and hippocampal neurogenesis: a systematic review of preclinical studies.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu Rong GuoHealth Center of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Zi Wei LiuDepartment of Medical Imaging Center, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Shuang PengHealth Center of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Meng Yun DuanHealth Center of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Jing Wei FengFaculty of Clinical Medicine, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Wei Feng WangDepartment of Oncology, Central Hospital, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Yan Hua XuDepartment of Oncology, Central Hospital, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Xi TangDepartment of Oncology, Central Hospital, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Xiang Zhi ZhangHealth Center of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Bo Xu RenHealth Center of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Feng Ru TangRadiation Physiology Laboratory, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2462-1787
Yangtze University · CNJingzhou Central Hospital · CNHarbin Medical University · CNNational University of Singapore · SGPeking University Shenzhen Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The radioprotective effect of amitriptyline, an inhibitor of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase), on radiation-induced impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis, loss of interneuron, and animal weight changes was investigated in BALB/c mice by immunostaining of biomarkers for cell division (Ki67), immature neurons (doublecortin or DCX), and interneurons (parvalbumin or PV) in the dentate gyrus (DG) of hippocampus. The results indicated that preirradiation (with 10 mg/kg, 2 times per day, for 7 consecutive days) or postirradiation (with 10 mg/kg, 2 times per day, for 14 consecutive days) treatment (pretreatment or posttreatment) with intraperitoneal injection of amitriptyline prevented the loss of newly generated neurons, proliferating cells, and interneurons in the subgranular zone of the DG. At the molecular level, pretreatment or posttreatment inhibited the expression of sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 (

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acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) inhibitorionizing radiation (IR)neurogenesissubgranular zone (SGZ)weight loss

Identifiers

PMID31903069
PMCPMC6926988
OpenAlexW2995742318

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