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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2023

A leaky umbrella has little value: evidence clearly indicates the serotonin system is implicated in depression.

Sameer Jauhar, Danilo Arnone, David S Baldwin, Michael Bloomfield, Michael Browning, Anthony J Cleare, Phillip Corlett, J F William Deakin, David Erritzoe, Cynthia Fu and 25 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Sameer JauharCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK. Sameer.jauhar@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3878-3659
Danilo ArnoneDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-3831-2301
David S BaldwinClinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Michael BloomfieldMental Health Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1972-4610
Michael BrowningDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Health NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Anthony J CleareCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6990-939X
Phillip CorlettDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5368-1992
J F William DeakinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2750-962X
David ErritzoeDivision of Brain Sciences, Dept of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7022-6211
Cynthia FuDepartment of Psychological Sciences, School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4313-3500
Paolo Fusar-PoliDepartment of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3582-6788
Guy M GoodwinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Health NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1426-2816
Joseph HayesMental Health Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University College, London, UK.
Robert HowardMental Health Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University College, London, UK.
Oliver D HowesDepartment of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.
Mario F JuruenaCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8558-3396
Raymond W LamDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7142-4669
Stephen M LawrieDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2444-5675
Hamish McAllister-WilliamsFaculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Steven MarwahaInstitute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
David MatuskeyDepartments of Radiology and Biomedical Sciences, Psychiatry, and Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7508-6572
Robert A McCutcheonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Health NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1102-2566
David J NuttDivision of Brain Sciences, Dept of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1286-1401
Carmine ParianteCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9132-5091
Toby PillingerDepartment of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6074-2626
Rajiv RadhakrishnanYale Institute for Global Health, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8220-655X
James RuckerCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4647-8088
Sudhakar SelvarajLouis Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9494-172X
Paul StokesCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.
Rachel UpthegroveInstitute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8204-5103
Nefize YalinCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.
Lakshmi YathamDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Allan H YoungCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2291-6952
Roland ZahnCentre for Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King's College, London, UK.
Philip J CowenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Health NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5518-6138

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
TMS-EEG investigation of prefrontal cortical excitability in depression and rTMS treatment responseR21MH119441 · NIMH · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MURPHY, NICHOLAS, SELVARAJ, SUDHAKAR · 2020 to 2021
$435k
Brain exosome biomarker targets to optimize pharmacologic treatment of depression in pregnancyR21HD106779 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI GOETZL, LAURA, MACHADO VIEIRA, RODRIGO · 2022 to 2023
$429k
Medical Research Council MR/J002739/1Medical Research Council MR/S003037/1Medical Research Council MR/S037675/1NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD106779NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH119441Wellcome Trust
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Abstract

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DepressionSerotoninSerotonin

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PMID37322065
PMCPMC10618084

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