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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2017

Regional Brain Volumes Moderate, but Do Not Mediate, the Effects of Group-Based Exercise Training on Reductions in Loneliness in Older Adults.

Diane K Ehlers, Ana M Daugherty, Agnieszka Z Burzynska, Jason Fanning, Elizabeth A Awick, Laura Chaddock-Heyman, Arthur F Kramer, Edward McAuley

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Neurobiology of loneliness: a systematic review.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021
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  9. Mindfulness-based stress reduction and loneliness in older adults: two randomized controlled trials.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Diane K EhlersDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IL, USA.
Ana M DaughertyBeckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IL, USA.
Agnieszka Z BurzynskaDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies/Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO, USA.
Jason FanningDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC, USA.
Elizabeth A AwickDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IL, USA.
Laura Chaddock-HeymanBeckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IL, USA.
Arthur F KramerOffice of the Provost, Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA, USA.
Edward McAuleyDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IL, USA.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USColorado State University · USNortheastern University · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Influence of Fitness on Brain and CognitionR37AG025667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI KRAMER, ARTHUR F. · 2005 to 2014
$5.1M
Influence of Fitness and Cognitive Training on Brain and CognitionR01AG025667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MCAULEY, EDWARD · 2015 to 2015
$497k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG025667NIA NIH HHS R37 AG025667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

agingamygdalaexerciselonelinessprefrontal cortexpsychologicalsocial supportstress

Identifiers

PMID28487648
PMCPMC5403947
OpenAlexW2607867670

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