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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2021

Target-Specific Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Laura Wehmeyer, Thomas Schüller, Jana Kiess, Petra Heiden, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Pablo Andrade

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Contemporary Perspectives on Neurobiology and Treatment of Tic Disorders: A Narrative Review.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026
    Article
  3. Update on the Pathophysiology and Management of Tics.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026
    Review
  4. Optimal Deep Brain Stimulation Locations for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Pain in Tourette Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2025
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Deep brain stimulation for Tourette's syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Article
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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

7 authors.

Laura WehmeyerFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Thomas SchüllerFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jana KiessFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Petra HeidenFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Veerle Visser-VandewalleFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Juan Carlos BaldermannFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Pablo AndradeFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DBSdeep brain stimulationmeta-analysisneuromodulationsystematic reviewtic disordersTourette syndrome

Identifiers

PMID34744993
PMCPMC8563609

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