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ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology2019

Relationships between cerebrospinal fluid GABAergic neurosteroid levels and symptom severity in men with PTSD.

Ann M Rasmusson, Matthew W King, Ivan Valovski, Kristin Gregor, Erica Scioli-Salter, Suzanne L Pineles, Mohamed Hamouda, Yael I Nillni, George M Anderson, Graziano Pinna

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Article in Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Investigational drugs in PTSD.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  7. Sex Steroids in COVID-19 Patients with Hypertension: An Exploratory Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Neurosteroid influence on affective tone.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023
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  16. The Impacts of Sex Differences and Sex Hormones on Fear Extinction.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2023
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ann M RasmussonVA National Center for PTSD Women's Health Science Division, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States. Electronic address: ann.rasmusson@va.gov.
Matthew W KingVA National Center for PTSD Women's Health Science Division, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States.
Ivan ValovskiVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Kristin GregorVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States.
Erica Scioli-SalterVA National Center for PTSD Women's Health Science Division, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States.
Suzanne L PinelesVA National Center for PTSD Women's Health Science Division, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States.
Mohamed HamoudaVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Yael I NillniVA National Center for PTSD Women's Health Science Division, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States.
George M AndersonChild Study Center and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States.
Graziano PinnaThe Psychiatric Institute, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States.
Boston University · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USYale University · US

Funding

PTSD-Related Neurobiological Mediators of Negative Pregnancy OutcomesK23HD087428 · NICHD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI NILLNI, YAEL I · 2017 to 2020
$616k
NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD087428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allopregnanolone and pregnanolone (together termed allo + pregnan) are neurosteroid metabolites of progesterone that equipotently facilitate the action of gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) at GABA

Indexed as

5-alpha-DihydroprogesteroneAdultCholestenone 5 alpha-ReductaseDehydroepiandrosteroneDehydroepiandrosterone SulfateGABAergic NeuronsGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansHydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedNeurosteroidsPregnanoloneProgesteroneSeverity of Illness Index5-alpha-DihydroprogesteroneCholestenone 5 alpha-ReductaseDehydroepiandrosteroneDehydroepiandrosterone SulfateHydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesNeurosteroidsPregnanoloneProgesteroneAllopregnanoloneCerebrospinal fluidDehydroepiandrosteroneDepressionGABAGas chromatography-mass spectrometryNeurosteroidsPTSD

Identifiers

PMID30529908
PMCPMC6584957
OpenAlexW2901823714

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Registered trials

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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 Socratic graph.