Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36076336›Full record

ArticleNeuron2022

Why study mechanisms of brain stimulation therapies? To modulate the right neurons, in the right way, at the right time.

Matthew J McGinley, Steven T Lee

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Article in Neuron, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 57% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Responsive neurostimulation in children, adolescents, and young Adults-Longitudinal effectiveness and safety.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew J McGinleyDepartment of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: matthew.mcginley@bcm.edu.
Steven T LeeDuncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Neurological Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical applications of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) are burgeoning, but mechanistic work lags behind. In this issue of Neuron, Bowles and colleagues show that VNS timed with positive reinforcement improves motor learning and cortical function by a cholinergic mechanism.

Indexed as

Vagus Nerve StimulationAnimalsBrainNeuronsRatsRats, Sprague-Dawley

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PMID36076336
OpenAlexW4295014545

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Registered trials

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