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ReviewAnesthesiology2020

Manipulating Neural Circuits in Anesthesia Research.

Eric D Melonakos, Olivia A Moody, Ksenia Nikolaeva, Risako Kato, Christa J Nehs, Ken Solt

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Review in Anesthesiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Eric D MelonakosFrom the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (E.D.M., O.A.M., K.N., R.K., C.J.N., K.S.) the Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (E.D.M., O.A.M., R.K., C.J.N., K.S.) the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (E.D.M., O.A.M., R.K., C.J.N., K.S.) the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (K.N.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Olivia A Moody
Ksenia Nikolaeva
Risako Kato
Christa J Nehs
Ken Solt

Funding

Project 4: Mathematical Modeling Studies of Anesthetic ActionP01GM118269 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BROWN, EMERY N · 2017 to 2021
$9.0M
The Anesthetic Circuitry of the MidbrainR01GM126155 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SOLT, KEN · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM118269NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neural circuits underlying the distinct endpoints that define general anesthesia remain incompletely understood. It is becoming increasingly evident, however, that distinct pathways in the brain that mediate arousal and pain are involved in various endpoints of general anesthesia. To critically evaluate this growing body of literature, familiarity with modern tools and techniques used to study neural circuits is essential. This Readers' Toolbox article describes four such techniques: (1) electrical stimulation, (2) local pharmacology, (3) optogenetics, and (4) chemogenetics. Each technique is explained, including the advantages, disadvantages, and other issues that must be considered when interpreting experimental results. Examples are provided of studies that probe mechanisms of anesthesia using each technique. This information will aid researchers and clinicians alike in interpreting the literature and in evaluating the utility of these techniques in their own research programs.

Indexed as

Anesthesia, GeneralAnesthesiologyAnestheticsAnimalsElectric StimulationHumansNeural PathwaysOptogeneticsResearchAnesthetics

Identifiers

PMID32349073
PMCPMC8351362

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