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ArticleFrontiers in computational neuroscience2012

Using "smart stimulators" to treat Parkinson's disease: re-engineering neurostimulation devices.

Julien Modolo, Anne Beuter, Alex W Thomas, Alexandre Legros

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Article in Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Julien ModoloBioelectromagnetics, Imaging Program, Lawson Health Research Institute London, ON, Canada ; Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada.
Anne Beuter
Alex W Thomas
Alexandre Legros
Albert Schweitzer Klinik · ATLawson Health Research Institute · CAOntario Institute for Cancer Research · CAUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Let's imagine the cruise control of your car locked at 120 km/h on any road in any condition (city, country, highway, sunny or rainy weather), or your car air conditioner set on maximum cold in any temperature condition (even during a snowy winter): would you find it efficient? That would probably not be the most optimal strategy for a proper and comfortable driving experience. As surprising as this may seem, this is a pretty accurate illustration of how deep brain stimulation is used today to treat Parkinson's disease motor symptoms and other neurological disorders such as essential tremor, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or epilepsy.

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deep brain stimulationmathematical modelsmedical devicesneuroengineeringParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID23060781
PMCPMC3448062
OpenAlexW2083863866

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Registered trials

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