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ArticleScience advances2020

Focused ultrasound delivery of a selective TrkA agonist rescues cholinergic function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

K Xhima, K Markham-Coultes, H Nedev, S Heinen, H U Saragovi, K Hynynen, I Aubert

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Circuit and Molecular Pathology in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  5. Precise antibody delivery to the brain via nanobubble-actuated focused ultrasound alleviates depression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  15. Xanomeline restores endogenous nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signaling in mouse prefrontal cortex.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K XhimaHurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4071-8319
K Markham-CoultesHurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
H NedevLady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
S HeinenHurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-6593
H U SaragoviLady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
K HynynenPhysical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
I AubertHurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5163-9961
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

Ultrasound Therapy Delivery Through Intact SkullR01EB003268 · NIBIB · SUNNYBROOK & WOMEN'S COLL HLTH SCIS CTR · PI HYNYNEN, KULLERVO · 2003 to 2020
$8.2M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB003268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The degeneration of cholinergic neurons is a prominent feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In animal models of injury and aging, nerve growth factor (NGF) enhances cholinergic cell survival and function, contributing to improved memory. In the presence of AD pathology, however, NGF-related therapeutics have yet to fulfill their regenerative potential. We propose that stimulating the TrkA receptor, without p75

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsUltrasonic WavesAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCholineCholinergic AgentsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, TransgenicNerve Growth FactorReceptor, trkASignal TransductionCholineCholinergic AgentsNerve Growth FactorReceptor, trkA

Identifiers

PMID32010781
PMCPMC6976301
OpenAlexW3001480569

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