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ReviewBioMed research international2013

Molecular imaging in traditional Chinese medicine therapy for neurological diseases.

Zefeng Wang, Haitong Wan, Jinhui Li, Hong Zhang, Mei Tian

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Review in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Shorter and sturdier bridges between traditional Chinese medicines and modern pharmacology.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2015
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zefeng WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China ; Zhejiang University Medical PET Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China ; Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China ; Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Imaging of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310009, China ; Institute of Cardiocerbrovascular Diseases, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Haitong Wan
Jinhui Li
Hong Zhang
Mei Tian
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the speeding tendency of aging society, human neurological disorders have posed an ever increasing threat to public health care. Human neurological diseases include ischemic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injury, which are induced by impairment or specific degeneration of different types of neurons in central nervous system. Currently, there are no more effective treatments against these diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is focused on, which can provide new strategies for the therapy in neurological disorders. TCM, including Chinese herb medicine, acupuncture, and other nonmedication therapies, has its unique therapies in treating neurological diseases. In order to improve the treatment of these disorders by optimizing strategies using TCM and evaluate the therapeutic effects, we have summarized molecular imaging, a new promising technology, to assess noninvasively disease specific in cellular and molecular levels of living models in vivo, that was applied in TCM therapy for neurological diseases. In this review, we mainly focus on applying diverse molecular imaging methodologies in different TCM therapies and monitoring neurological disease, and unveiling the mysteries of TCM.

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMolecular ImagingNervous System DiseasesParkinson DiseaseTreatment OutcomeDrugs, Chinese Herbal

Identifiers

PMID24222911
PMCPMC3814075
OpenAlexW2154519468

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