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ReviewMolecular psychiatry2022

Translocator protein (18kDa) TSPO: a new diagnostic or therapeutic target for stress-related disorders?

Rainer Rupprecht, Christian H Wetzel, Mario Dorostkar, Jochen Herms, Nathalie L Albert, Jens Schwarzbach, Michael Schumacher, Inga D Neumann

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Review in Molecular psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rainer RupprechtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. Rainer.Rupprecht@medbo.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2939-9062
Christian H WetzelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5762-0003
Mario DorostkarCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-4907
Jochen HermsCenter for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6201-1042
Nathalie L AlbertDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Jens SchwarzbachDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Michael SchumacherResearch Unit 1195, INSERM and University Paris-Saclay, 94276, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Inga D NeumannDepartment of Neurobiology and Animal Physiology, University Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient treatment of stress-related disorders, such as depression, is still a major challenge. The onset of antidepressant drug action is generally quite slow, while the anxiolytic action of benzodiazepines is considerably faster. However, their long-term use is impaired by tolerance development, abuse liability and cognitive impairment. Benzodiazepines act as positive allosteric modulators of ɣ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA

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Anti-Anxiety AgentsMajor Depressive DisorderNeurosteroidsAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBenzodiazepinesLigandsReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-AAnti-Anxiety AgentsAntidepressive AgentsBenzodiazepinesLigandsNeurosteroidsReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID35444254
OpenAlexW4224239984

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