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ArticleNeural regeneration research2017

Long-term acupuncture treatment has a multi-targeting regulation on multiple brain regions in rats with Alzheimer's disease: a positron emission tomography study.

Yang-Jia Lu, Xiao-Wen Cai, Gui-Feng Zhang, Yong Huang, Chun-Zhi Tang, Bao-Ci Shan, Shao-Yang Cui, Jun-Qi Chen, Shan-Shan Qu, Zheng Zhong and 2 more

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang-Jia LuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiao-Wen CaiSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Gui-Feng ZhangZhaoqing Medical College, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China.
Yong HuangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2652-8586
Chun-Zhi TangClinical Medical College of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3127-578X
Bao-Ci ShanKey Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shao-Yang CuiClinical Medical College of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Jun-Qi ChenHuarui Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Shan-Shan QuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Zheng ZhongSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xin-Sheng LaiClinical Medical College of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Genevieve Zara SteinerNational Institute of Complementary Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, Australia.
Southern Medical University · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNGuangdong Medical College · CNInstitute of High Energy Physics · CNWestern Sydney University · AUZhaoqing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The acute effect of acupuncture on Alzheimer's disease,

Indexed as

acupunctureAlzheimer's diseasecompensationlong-term treatmentmechanismmulti-target regulationnerve regenerationneural regenerationneurodegenerationpositron emission tomographyrattargeting effectZusanli (ST36)

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PMID28852400
PMCPMC5558497
OpenAlexW2737078111

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