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ReviewCell transplantation

Harnessing Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity with Stem Cell Treatment for Addictive Disorders.

Sheng-Tzung Tsai, Hock-Kean Liew, Hao-Ming Li, Shinn-Zong Lin, Shin-Yuan Chen

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell transplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sheng-Tzung TsaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien.ORCID 0000-0001-6611-9440
Hock-Kean LiewDepartment of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien.
Hao-Ming LiDepartment of Psychiatry, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien.
Shinn-Zong LinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien.
Shin-Yuan ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien.
Tzu Chi University · TWZero to Three · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug and alcohol addiction has become an emerging public health issue and is a great burden to patients, their families, and society. It is characterized by high relapse rates and significant morbidity and mortality, and most available treatments result in only modest improvement. These findings highlight the necessity for new approaches to treat addiction. Scientific reports in the past two decades suggest that addiction involves impaired neural plasticity and decreased hippocampal neurogenesis. Stem cell therapy and its derived neurotrophic factors can potentially target the underlying pathophysiology of addiction. Stem cell applications are showing promise in several preclinical studies and may provide new and noninvasive treatment strategies. Future clinical research is warranted to investigate whether stem cell-based therapy could support the treatment of addiction.

Indexed as

Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHippocampusNeurogenesisNeuronal PlasticityStem CellsSubstance-Related DisordersAnimalsHumansaddictionneural plasticityneurogenesisneurotrophic factorsstem cell therapy

Identifiers

PMID31271057
PMCPMC6767895
OpenAlexW2956154541

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Registered trials

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