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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Effect of Low-Doses of Caffeine and Taurine on Convulsive Seizure Parameters in Rats.

Mohamed Jailani, Mohamed Mubarak, Mariam Sarkhouh, Ahmed Al Mahrezi, Habib Abdulnabi, Mohamed Naiser, Husain Alaradi, Abdulaziz Alabbad, Maram Hassan, Amer Kamal

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Neonatal Seizures and Purinergic Signalling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohamed JailaniCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Mohamed MubarakCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Mariam SarkhouhCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Ahmed Al MahreziCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Habib AbdulnabiCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Mohamed NaiserCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Husain AlaradiCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Abdulaziz AlabbadCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Maram HassanCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Amer KamalCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 1000, Bahrain.
Arabian Gulf University · BH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCaffeine, an adenosine-receptor blocker, is believed to have neuronal excitatory effects, while Taurine, a mammalian amino acid, was shown to have neuroinhibitory effects.

Indexed as

adenosineCaffeinePentylenetetrazoleratsSeizuresseizure thresholdTaurine

Identifiers

PMID32012788
PMCPMC7071385
OpenAlexW3001924872

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