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ReviewBioelectronic medicine2021

Using multielectrode arrays to investigate neurodegenerative effects of the amyloid-beta peptide.

Steven Schulte, Manuela Gries, Anne Christmann, Karl-Herbert Schäfer

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Review in Bioelectronic medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven SchulteDepartment of Informatics and Microsystems and Technology, University of Applied Science Kaiserslautern, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Manuela GriesDepartment of Informatics and Microsystems and Technology, University of Applied Science Kaiserslautern, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Anne ChristmannDepartment of Informatics and Microsystems and Technology, University of Applied Science Kaiserslautern, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Karl-Herbert SchäferDepartment of Informatics and Microsystems and Technology, University of Applied Science Kaiserslautern, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany. karlherbert.schaefer@hs-kl.de.
University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultielectrode arrays are widely used to analyze the effects of potentially toxic compounds, as well as to evaluate neuroprotective agents upon the activity of neural networks in short- and long-term cultures. Multielectrode arrays provide a way of non-destructive analysis of spontaneous and evoked neuronal activity, allowing to model neurodegenerative diseases in vitro. Here, we provide an overview on how these devices are currently used in research on the amyloid-β peptide and its role in Alzheimer's disease, the most common neurodegenerative disorder. MAIN BODY: Most of the studies analysed here indicate fast responses of neuronal cultures towards aggregated forms of amyloid-β, leading to increases of spike frequency and impairments of long-term potentiation. This in turn suggests that this peptide might play a crucial role in causing the typical neuronal dysfunction observed in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

conclusionsAlthough the number of studies using multielectrode arrays to examine the effect of the amyloid-β peptide onto neural cultures or whole compartments is currently limited, they still show how this technique can be used to not only investigate the interneuronal communication in neural networks, but also making it possible to examine the effects onto synaptic currents. This makes multielectrode arrays a powerful tool in future research on neurodegenerative diseases.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseDrug discoveryMultielectrode arraysNeural circuit activityNeurodegenerative diseasesPharmacologyTarget identification

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PMCPMC8554832
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