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ArticleNature communications2025

Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures.

Robert I McGeachan, Soraya Meftah, Lewis W Taylor, James H Catterson, Danilo Negro, Calum Bonthron, Kristján Holt, Jane Tulloch, Jamie L Rose, Francesco Gobbo and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Emerging directions in tauopathy research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  10. Phylogenetic divergence of GABANature communications · 2025
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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

19 authors.

Robert I McGeachan *Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1647-8642
Soraya Meftah *Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-5626
Lewis W TaylorCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
James H CattersonCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4231-0114
Danilo NegroCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5858-1133
Calum BonthronCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8409-1890
Kristján HoltCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jane TullochCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-6975-5430
Jamie L RoseCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8110-376X
Francesco GobboCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8331-929X
Ya Yin ChangUK Dementia Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9794-403X
Jamie ElliottCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7684-7646
Lauren McLayCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7473-0440
Declan KingCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-9317
Imran LiaquatDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, UK.
Tara L Spires-JonesCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2530-0598
Sam A BookerCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Paul M BrennanDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-830X
Claire S DurrantCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. claire.durrant@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-7358

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Christine S Ritchie · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
Alzheimer's Society AS-PG-21-006NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062421Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 225442/Z/22/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Alzheimer's disease, amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau pathology are thought to drive synapse loss. However, there is limited information on how endogenous levels of tau, Aβ and other biomarkers relate to patient characteristics, or how manipulating physiological levels of Aβ impacts synapses in living adult human brain. Using live human brain slice cultures, we report that Aβ

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBrainPeptide FragmentsSynapsesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersCD56 AntigenDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSynaptophysinAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-40)BiomarkersCD56 AntigenDNA-Binding ProteinsNCAM1 protein, humanPeptide FragmentsSynaptophysinTARDBP protein, humantau Proteins

Identifiers

PMID40307257
PMCPMC12044016

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