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ArticleToxins2021

BMAA, Methylmercury, and Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Dolphins: A Natural Model of Toxin Exposure.

David A Davis, Susanna P Garamszegi, Sandra Anne Banack, Patrick D Dooley, Thomas M Coyne, Dylan W McLean, David S Rotstein, Deborah C Mash, Paul Alan Cox

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Article in Toxins, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David A DavisDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9323-6180
Susanna P GaramszegiDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Sandra Anne BanackBrain Chemistry Labs, Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, WY 83001, USA.
Patrick D DooleyDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Thomas M CoyneOffice of the District 21 Medical Examiner, Fort Myers, FL 33907, USA.
Dylan W McLeanDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
David S RotsteinMarine Mammal Pathology Services, Olney, MD 20832, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7438-2281
Deborah C MashDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Paul Alan CoxBrain Chemistry Labs, Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, WY 83001, USA.
University of Miami · USInstitute for EthnoMedicine · USMarine Mammal Commission · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dolphins are well-regarded sentinels for toxin exposure and can bioaccumulate a cyanotoxin called β-

Indexed as

Common DolphinsAmino Acids, DiaminoAnimalsCyanobacteria ToxinsExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsFemaleMaleMassachusettsMethylmercury CompoundsNeurodegenerative DiseasesWater Pollutants, ChemicalAmino Acids, Diaminobeta-N-methylamino-L-alanineCyanobacteria ToxinsExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsMethylmercury CompoundsWater Pollutants, ChemicalAlzheimer’s diseaseanimal modelsanthropogenic contaminatesblue-green algaecetaceanscyanotoxinsneurofibrillary tanglesTDP-43

Identifiers

PMID34678990
PMCPMC8540894
OpenAlexW3205020765

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Registered trials

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