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ArticleNature2021

Structural and developmental principles of neuropil assembly in C. elegans.

Mark W Moyle, Kristopher M Barnes, Manik Kuchroo, Alex Gonopolskiy, Leighton H Duncan, Titas Sengupta, Lin Shao, Min Guo, Anthony Santella, Ryan Christensen and 9 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 102 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

19 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Mark W MoyleDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kristopher M BarnesDevelopmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Manik KuchrooDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7512-9739
Alex GonopolskiyDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Leighton H DuncanDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Titas SenguptaDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Lin ShaoDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-4442
Min GuoLaboratory of High Resolution Optical Imaging, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-8771
Anthony SantellaDevelopmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Ryan ChristensenLaboratory of High Resolution Optical Imaging, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abhishek KumarMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
Yicong WuLaboratory of High Resolution Optical Imaging, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Kevin R MoonDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
Guy WolfDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-059X
Smita KrishnaswamyDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-1985
Zhirong BaoDevelopmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Hari ShroffLaboratory of High Resolution Optical Imaging, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
William A MohlerDepartment of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Daniel A Colón-RamosDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. daniel.colon-ramos@yale.edu.
Yale University · USNational Institutes of Health · USKettering University · USMarine Biological Laboratory · USUConn Health · USUniversité de Montréal · CAUtah State University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Section on High Resolution Optical ImagingZIAEB000074 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI SHROFF, HARI · 2010 to 2022
$15.2M
Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Aric L Daul, Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
WormGUIDES: A Resource for Global Understanding in Dynamic Embryonic SystemsR24OD016474 · OD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, ZHIRONG, COLON-RAMOS, DANIEL A · 2013 to 2020
$6.5M
Powering the Brain: the Cell Biology of NeuroenergeticsDP1NS111778 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COLON-RAMOS, DANIEL A · 2018 to 2022
$5.9M
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that temporally and spatially restrict synapticR01NS076558 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COLON-RAMOS, DANIEL A · 2012 to 2022
$4.1M
The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Metazoan EmbryogenesisR01GM097576 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI BAO, ZHIRONG · 2011 to 2020
$3.3M
Finding emergent structure in multi-sample biological data with the dual geometry of cells and features R01GM135929 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, EDWARD · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
Molecular and cellular mechanisms required for fascicle organization during neurodevelopmentF32NS098616 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MOYLE, MARK WAYNE · 2016 to 2018
$192k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097576NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135929NIH HHS OD010943NIH HHS P40 OD010440NIH HHS R24 OD016474NINDS NIH HHS DP1 NS111778NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS098616NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropil is a fundamental form of tissue organization within the brain

Indexed as

AlgorithmsAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCell MovementDiffusionInterneuronsMotor NeuronsNeuritesNeuropilSensory Receptor Cells

Identifiers

PMID33627875
PMCPMC8385650
OpenAlexW3129538072

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