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ArticleNature2021

Chronic social isolation signals starvation and reduces sleep in Drosophila.

Wanhe Li, Zikun Wang, Sheyum Syed, Cheng Lyu, Samantha Lincoln, Jenna O'Neil, Andrew D Nguyen, Irena Feng, Michael W Young

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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 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.0field-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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wanhe LiLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. wli02@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-5173
Zikun WangLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Sheyum SyedDepartment of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-6678
Cheng LyuLaboratory of Integrative Brain Function, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Samantha LincolnLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Jenna O'NeilLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Andrew D NguyenLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Irena FengLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7740-9793
Michael W YoungLaboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. young@rockefeller.edu.
Rockefeller University · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Studies of Sleep and Circadian RhythmsR37NS053087 · NINDS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI YOUNG, MICHAEL WARREN · 2018 to 2024
$4.1M
Molecular pathways connecting sleep, stress, metabolism and longevityR35GM136237 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI YOUNG, MICHAEL WARREN · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136237NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS053087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social isolation and loneliness have potent effects on public health

Indexed as

Feeding BehaviorModels, AnimalSleepSocial IsolationAnimalsBrainDrosophila melanogasterFemaleHungerHyperphagiaLonelinessMaleNeuronsSleep DeprivationStarvationTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID34408325
PMCPMC8429171
OpenAlexW3195722571

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Registered trials

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