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ArticleNeuronal signaling2021

Back to the future: lessons from past viral infections and the link with Parkinson's disease.

Eilis Dowd, Declan P McKernan

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Article in Neuronal signaling, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A hypothesis explaining Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies overlap.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  3. Virus-Induced Membrane Fusion in Neurodegenerative Disorders.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eilis DowdPharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland.
Declan P McKernanPharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9691-1671
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been noticeable increase in the reporting of neurological symptoms in patients. There is still uncertainty around the significance and long-term consequence of these symptoms. There are also many outstanding questions on whether the causative virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) can directly infect the central nervous system (CNS). Given the long association between viral infections with neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease (PD), it seems timely to review this literature again in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and to glean some useful information from studies on similar viruses. In this commentary, we will consider the current knowledge on viral infections in the brain. In addition, we review the link between viral infection and neurodegeneration in PD, and review the recent literature on SARS infections, the potential link with PD and the potential areas of study in the future.

Indexed as

NeurodegenerationNeuroinflammationParkinson's diseaseSARS-CoV2Viral infection

Identifiers

PMID33953960
PMCPMC8058659
OpenAlexW3153738808

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