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ArticlePeerJ2020

EEG alpha activity increased in response to transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation in young healthy subjects but not in the healthy elderly.

Ebru Yıldırım, Bahar Güntekin, Lütfü Hanoğlu, Candan Algun

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ebru YıldırımDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation/Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bahar GüntekinDepartment of Biophysics/School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0860-0524
Lütfü HanoğluREMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging, and Neuromodulation Lab., Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Candan AlgunDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation/School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Medipol University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is used not only in the treatment of pain but also in the examination of sensory functions. With aging, there is decreased sensitivity to somatosensory stimuli. It is essential to examine the effect of TENS application on the sensory functions in the brain by recording the spontaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) activity and the effect of aging on the sensory functions of the brain during the application. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the application of TENS on the brain's electrical activity and the effect of aging on the sensory functions of the brain during application of TENS. A total of 15 young (24.2 ± 3.59) and 14 elderly (65.64 ± 4.92) subjects were included in the study. Spontaneous EEG was recorded from 32 channels during TENS application. Power spectrum analysis was performed by Fast Fourier Transform in the alpha frequency band (8-13 Hz) for all subjects. Repeated measures of analysis of variance was used for statistical analysis (

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PMID31938578
PMCPMC6953335
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