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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018

Acupuncture Modulates the Cerebello-Thalamo-Cortical Circuit and Cognitive Brain Regions in Patients of Parkinson's Disease With Tremor.

Zhe Li, Jun Chen, Jianbo Cheng, Sicong Huang, Yingyu Hu, Yijuan Wu, Guihua Li, Bo Liu, Xian Liu, Wenyuan Guo and 8 more

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy of various acupuncture modalities on alleviating symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  8. Qihuang Needle Therapy for Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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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

18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Zhe LiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jun ChenDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Jianbo ChengDepartment of Radiology, The People's Hospital of Gaozhou, Gaozhou, China.
Sicong HuangDepartment of Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yingyu HuDepartment of Business Development, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yijuan WuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Guihua LiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Bo LiuDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xian LiuDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Wenyuan GuoDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shuxuan HuangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Miaomiao ZhouDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiang ChenDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yousheng XiaoDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Chaojun ChenDepartment of Neurology, Guangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and West Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Junbin ChenDepartment of Neurology, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China.
Xiaodong LuoDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Pingyi XuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNShantou University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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acupuncturefunctional magnetic resonance imagingneuromechanismParkinson's diseasetremor

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PMID30034336
PMCPMC6043808
OpenAlexW2878224698

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