Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40325255›Full record

ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2025

Therapeutic potential of COX-2 inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Veerta Sharma, Prateek Sharma, Thakur Gurjeet Singh

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

3 authors.

Veerta SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6061-2012
Prateek SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India.ORCID 0009-0006-3656-669X
Thakur Gurjeet SinghChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India. gurjeet.singh@chitkara.edu.in.ORCID 0000-0003-2979-1590

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder, migraine, major depressive disorder, epilepsy, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia, are a huge burden on global health, impacting millions of individuals worldwide and posing significant barriers to effective treatment. Despite advancements in medication and psychotherapy, many patients continue to suffer from severe symptoms and receive little alleviation. All of these conditions are quite frequent, yet they affect people in a way that is exceedingly detrimental. The increasing evidence suggests the connection between these disorders and inflammation. Therefore, the use of anti-inflammatory agents, namely cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, offers a new approach to prevent and treat neuropsychiatric disorders. This review discusses about the COX pathway and the role of COX-2 in the neuroinflammation. Furthermore, this review highlights the COX-2 inhibitors as a promising therapeutic agent in these neuropsychiatric disorders, however, further studies are required to assess appropriate illness stage-related indication.

Indexed as

Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsMental DisordersNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsCyclooxygenase 2HumansCyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsArachidonic acidCOX-2CyclooxygenaseDepressionNeuroinflammationNeuropsychiatric disorders

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.