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SynthesisFrontiers in neuroscience2019

Brain Modulatory Effects by Low-Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS): A Systematic Review on Both Animal and Human Studies.

Pu Wang, Jiaqi Zhang, Jiadan Yu, Colin Smith, Wuwei Feng

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Transcranial ultrasound with electrical stimulation of the cerebello-parietal nucleus on cerebral blood flow and limb function in patients with stroke.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. Overview of Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications and Safety Considerations: 2024 Update.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  10. A Wearable, Steerable, Transcranial Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound System.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  18. A MINIATURE LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGER FOR MONITORING OF THE NEURO-MODULATORY EFFECT OF TRANSCRANIAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION.Proceedings of the ... Design of Medical Devices Conference. Design of Medical Devices Conference · 2021
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  20. New Developments in Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Chronic Pain.Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports · 2020
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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.

Pu WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jiaqi ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Jiadan YuSchool of Rehabilitation Sciences, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Colin SmithDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
Wuwei FengDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.

Funding

Treating Depression and Enhancing Locomotor Recovery Post-strokeP20GM109040 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI KAUTZ, STEVEN A. · 2014 to 2024
$23.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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animalhumanneuromodulationneurostimulationultrasound

Identifiers

PMID31396029
PMCPMC6667677

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