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Decreased mTOR signaling pathway in human idiopathic autism and in rats exposed to valproic acid

Overview of attention for article published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications, January 2015
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Decreased mTOR signaling pathway in human idiopathic autism and in rats exposed to valproic acid
Published in
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40478-015-0184-4
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Authors

Chiara Nicolini, Younghee Ahn, Bernadeta Michalski, Jong M Rho, Margaret Fahnestock

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying autistic behaviors remain to be elucidated. Mutations in genes linked to autism adversely affect molecules regulating dendritic spine formation, function and plasticity, and some increase the mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR, a regulator of protein synthesis at spines. Here, we investigated whether the Akt/mTOR pathway is disrupted in idiopathic autism and in rats exposed to valproic acid, an animal model exhibiting autistic-like behavior.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Chile 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Hong Kong 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 155 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 15%
Student > Master 25 15%
Researcher 23 14%
Student > Bachelor 22 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 30 19%
Unknown 27 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 33 20%
Neuroscience 27 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 10%
Psychology 16 10%
Other 12 7%
Unknown 39 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 26 December 2023.
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#4,524,239
of 25,093,754 outputs
Outputs from Acta Neuropathologica Communications
#849
of 1,551 outputs
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#60,106
of 364,036 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Acta Neuropathologica Communications
#6
of 18 outputs
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