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The neurobiology of suicide - A Review of post-mortem studies

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Molecular Psychiatry, April 2013
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Title
The neurobiology of suicide - A Review of post-mortem studies
Published in
Journal of Molecular Psychiatry, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/2049-9256-1-2
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Karolina Furczyk, Barbora Schutová, Tanja M Michel, Johannes Thome, Andreas Büttner

Abstract

The neurobiology of suicidal behaviour, which constitutes one of the most serious problems both in psychiatry and general medical practice, still remains to a large degree unclear. As a result, scientists constantly look for new opportunities of explaining the causes underlying suicidality. In order to elucidate the biological changes occurring in the brains of the suicide victims, studies based on post-mortem brain tissue samples are increasingly being used. These studies employ different research methods to provide an insight into abnormalities in brain functioning on various levels, including gene and protein expression, neuroplasticity and neurotransmission, as well as many other areas. The aim of this paper to summarize the available data on the post-mortem studies, to provide an overview of main research directions and the most up-to-date findings, and to indicate the possibilities of further research in this field.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
United Kingdom 2 1%
Chile 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 130 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 24 17%
Researcher 21 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 13%
Student > Master 18 13%
Student > Postgraduate 11 8%
Other 30 22%
Unknown 16 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 29 21%
Psychology 21 15%
Neuroscience 21 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 7%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 24 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2023.
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#1,957,931
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Outputs from Journal of Molecular Psychiatry
#7
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#15,877
of 207,223 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Molecular Psychiatry
#1
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