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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2020

Acute effects of systemic inflammation upon the neuro-glial-vascular unit and cerebrovascular function.

Gaia Brezzo, Julie Simpson, Kamar E Ameen-Ali, Jason Berwick, Chris Martin

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Article in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prolonged systemic inflammation worsens impairments to astrocyte CaAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  4. Prolonged systemic inflammation worsens impairments to astrocyte CabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Systemic determinants of brain health in ageing.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2024
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  7. Infectious Diseases.Advances in neurobiology · 2024
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  11. Disturbed microcirculation and hyperaemic response in a murine model of systemic inflammation.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaia BrezzoThe University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, UK.
Julie SimpsonThe University of Sheffield, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK.
Kamar E Ameen-AliThe University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, UK.
Jason BerwickThe University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, UK.
Chris MartinThe University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, UK.
University of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M013553/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain health relies on a tightly regulated system known as neurovascular coupling whereby the cellular constituents of the neuro-glial-vascular unit (NGVU) regulate cerebral haemodynamics in accordance with brain metabolic demand. Disruption of neurovascular coupling impairs brain health and is associated with the development of a number for neurological conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. The NGVU is also a key site of action for neuroinflammatory responses and contributes to the transition of systemic inflammation to neuroinflammatory processes. Thus, systemic inflammatory challenges may cause a shift in NGVU operation towards prioritising neuroinflammatory action and thus altering neurovascular coupling and resultant cerebrovascular changes. To investigate this, rats were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (2 ​mg/kg) to induce a systemic inflammatory response, or vehicle, and brain haemodynamic responses to sensory and non-sensory (hypercapnia) stimuli were assessed

Indexed as

InflammationLipopolysaccharideNeuro-glial-vascular unitNeurovascular coupling

Identifiers

PMID32685933
PMCPMC7357601
OpenAlexW3020485827

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