RETRACTION: Insulin receptor A and Sirtuin 1 synergistically improve learning and spatial memory following chronic salidroside treatment during hypoxia (Retraction of Vol 135, Pg 332, 2015)

The above article from the Journal of Neurochemistry, published online on 14 July 2015 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in Volume 135, pp. 332-346, has been retracted by agreement between the authors, Kalpana Barhwal, Saroj K. Das, Ashish Kumar, Sunil K. Hota, Ravi B. Srivastava, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon concerns raised by a third party following the admission of Sunil K. Hota that this article contained data that cannot be retrieved and verified. During the investigation, several inconsistencies were found. In Figure 4a, the two bands in the red boxed areas appeared similar, and there was unexpected placement of top bands with respect to the lower smears, and a sharp vertical transition between lanes. In Figure 4b and 4d, similarities were observed between the boxed areas highlighted in the same color. In Figure 5a, the immunoblots appeared to have repeated features. In Figure 6a, repetitive patterns were observed in the bottom right panel. In Figure 6b, the lanes appeared similar in the GADPH panel. These issues called the conclusions of the manuscript into question. Accordingly, the conclusions of this manuscript are considered substantially compromised. Reference Barhwal, K., Das, S. K., Kumar, A., Hota, S. K., & Srivastava, R. B. (2015). Insulin receptor a and Sirtuin 1 synergistically improve learning and spatial memory following chronic salidroside treatment during hypoxia. Journal of Neurochemistry, 135(2), 332-346.