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ArticleNature neuroscience2021

Microglial G

Mario Merlini, Victoria A Rafalski, Keran Ma, Keun-Young Kim, Eric A Bushong, Pamela E Rios Coronado, Zhaoqi Yan, Andrew S Mendiola, Elif G Sozmen, Jae Kyu Ryu and 14 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mario Merlini *Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Victoria A Rafalski *Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Keran MaGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Keun-Young KimDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Eric A BushongDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-2433
Pamela E Rios CoronadoGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Zhaoqi YanGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Andrew S MendiolaGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2897-3299
Elif G SozmenGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jae Kyu RyuGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3992-4011
Matthias G HaberlDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-7832
Matthew MadanyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Daniel Naranjo SampsonDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Mark A PetersenGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1366-1353
Sophia BardehleGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Reshmi TognattaGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Terry DeanGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Rosa Meza AcevedoGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Belinda CabrigaGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Reuben ThomasGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Shaun R CoughlinCardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mark H EllismanDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jorge J PalopGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Katerina AkassoglouGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA. kakassoglou@gladstone.ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2632-1465
Gladstone Institutes · USUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Neurovascular Interactions: Mechanisms, imaging, therapeutic potentialR35NS097976 · NINDS · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI AKASSOGLOU, KATERINA · 2016 to 2023
$11.1M
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CYSTER, JASON G · 1988 to 2023
$11.0M
NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001871 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M., SOMSOUK, MA · 2016 to 2025
$10.1M
National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research: A BRAIN Technology Integration and Dissemination ResourceU24NS120055 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2021 to 2025
$5.4M
Fibrinogen and vascular cognitive impairment: mechanisms, imaging, therapeuticsRF1AG064926 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI AKASSOGLOU, KATERINA, ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2019 to 2019
$4.5M
Optogenetic dissection of cellular and circuit mechanisms of network dysfunction and amyloid deposition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease in vivoRF1AG062234 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI PALOP, JORGE J · 2018 to 2021
$3.8M
The National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, a Community-wide Scientific ResourceR24GM137200 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2020 to 2022
$3.0M
EXTRAMULAR RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTIONC06RR018928 · NCRR · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MAHLEY, ROBERT W. · 2003 to 2003
$2.1M
Restoring Brain Functions in Alzheimer Models with Interneuron TransplantsR01AG047313 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI PALOP, JORGE J · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
FEI TITAN HALO 300kV INTERMEDIATE VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPES10OD021784 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2017 to 2017
$1.9M
Fibrinogen-mediated mechanisms of preterm infant brain injuryK02NS110973 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PETERSEN, MARK A · 2019 to 2024
$962k
Functional Alterations of Parvalbumin Interneurons Contributing to Abnormal Network Activity in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse ModelsK99AG062776 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MA, KERAN · 2019 to 2021
$393k
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001871NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR018928NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007334NIA NIH HHS K99 AG062776NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047313NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG062234NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG064926NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM137200NIH HHS S10 OD021784NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS096920NINDS NIH HHS K02 NS110973NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097976NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS120055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglial surveillance is a key feature of brain physiology and disease. Here, we found that G

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium SignalingCell MovementConvulsantsElectroencephalographyG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1Immunologic SurveillanceMiceMicrogliaNerve NetNervous System DiseasesNervous System Physiological PhenomenaPilocarpinerho GTP-Binding ProteinsSeizuresSignal TransductionConvulsantsG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1Grk1 protein, mousePilocarpinerho GTP-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID33318667
PMCPMC8118167
OpenAlexW3111461173

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