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ArticleBrain sciences2020

Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease: A Critical Overview of the Literature and Meta-Analyses.

Takayuki Katayama, Jun Sawada, Kae Takahashi, Osamu Yahara

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Article in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takayuki KatayamaDepartment of Neurology, Asahikawa City Hospital, 1-1-65 Kinseicho, Asahikawa 070-8610, Japan.
Jun SawadaDepartment of Neurology, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan.
Kae TakahashiDepartment of Neurology, Asahikawa City Hospital, 1-1-65 Kinseicho, Asahikawa 070-8610, Japan.
Osamu YaharaDepartment of Neurology, Asahikawa City Hospital, 1-1-65 Kinseicho, Asahikawa 070-8610, Japan.
Asahikawa City Hospital · JPAsahikawa Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder; however, well-established biochemical markers have not yet been identified. This review article covers several candidate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers for PD based on the recent literature and meta-analysis data. The decrease of α-synuclein in PD is supported by meta-analyses with modest reproducibility, and a decrease of amyloid β42 is seen as a prognostic marker for cognitive decline. Tau, phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and neurofilament light chains have been used to discriminate PD from other neurodegenerative disorders. This article also describes more hopeful biochemical markers, such as neurotransmitters, oxidative stress markers, and other candidate biomarkers.

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amyloid β42cerebrospinal fluidneurofilament light chainParkinson’s diseasetauα-synuclein

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PMID32698474
PMCPMC7407121
OpenAlexW3042370489

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