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ReviewThe Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry2020

Amyloid, APP, and Electrical Activity of the Brain.

Dimitri Hefter, Susann Ludewig, Andreas Draguhn, Martin Korte

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Review in The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dimitri HefterInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2861-7865
Susann LudewigHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Group, Braunschweig, Germany.
Andreas DraguhnInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Martin KorteHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Group, Braunschweig, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) is infamous for its proposed pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Much research on APP focusses on potential contributions to neurodegeneration, mostly based on mouse models with altered expression or mutated forms of APP. However, cumulative evidence from recent years indicates the indispensability of APP and its metabolites for normal brain physiology. APP contributes to the regulation of synaptic transmission, plasticity, and calcium homeostasis. It plays an important role during development and it exerts neuroprotective effects. Of particular importance is the soluble secreted fragment APPsα which mediates many of its physiological actions, often counteracting the effects of the small APP-derived peptide Aβ. Understanding the contribution of APP for normal functions of the nervous system is of high importance, both from a basic science perspective and also as a basis for generating new pathophysiological concepts and therapeutic approaches in AD. In this article, we review the physiological functions of APP and its metabolites, focusing on synaptic transmission, plasticity, calcium signaling, and neuronal network activity.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBrain WavesNerve NetNeuronal PlasticitySynaptic TransmissionAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsHumansAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloidAPPoscillationsplasticitysynaptic transmission

Identifiers

PMID31779518
PMCPMC7222965
OpenAlexW2990942288

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