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ReviewNeurochemical research2021

Satellite Glial Cells and Astrocytes, a Comparative Review.

Menachem Hanani, Alexei Verkhratsky

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Review in Neurochemical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Menachem HananiLaboratory of Experimental Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. hananim@mail.huji.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-1453
Alexei VerkhratskyFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

Israel Science Foundation 1297/18United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation 2019076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astroglia are neural cells, heterogeneous in form and function, which act as supportive elements of the central nervous system; astrocytes contribute to all aspects of neural functions in health and disease. Through their highly ramified processes, astrocytes form close physical contacts with synapses and blood vessels, and are integrated into functional syncytia by gap junctions. Astrocytes interact among themselves and with other cells types (e.g., neurons, microglia, blood vessel cells) by an elaborate repertoire of chemical messengers and receptors; astrocytes also influence neural plasticity and synaptic transmission through maintaining homeostasis of neurotransmitters, K

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesCalcium SignalingCell Surface ExtensionsGap JunctionsHumansNervous System DiseasesAstrocyteNeurogliaReceptorsSatellite glial cellSensory gangliaTransporters

Identifiers

PMID33523395
OpenAlexW3127625587

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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