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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023

Effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the nutritional status of patients in a persistent vegetative state: A pilot study.

Xuan-Wei Liu, Na-Na Zhao, Tao Pang, Qiong Wen, Peng Xiao, Ke-Xue Zeng, Dan-Ning Wang, Jia-Min Chen, Yu-Long Wang, Hai-Bo Yu

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuan-Wei LiuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Na-Na ZhaoDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Shenzhen Luohu District Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China.
Tao PangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Qiong WenDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Peng XiaoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Ke-Xue ZengDepartment of Rehabilitation, Guangdong Province Second Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Dan-Ning WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Jia-Min ChenDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yu-Long WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Hai-Bo YuDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China.
Shenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNShenzhen Luohu People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: This paper presents a preliminary study on whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can modulate the nutritional status of persistent vegetative state (PVS) patients (the primary endpoint) by regulating the intestinal flora and the metabolites, with the correlation between them also investigated. Methods: Seventy-six patients with PVS were selected and divided into the observation group ( Results: (1) Intestinal flora structure: the Chao index, Ace index, and Shannon index of the observation group and the control group were significantly higher ( Conclusion: The rTMS method may improve the nutritional status of patients with PVS by regulating the structure of the intestinal flora and affecting the level of SCFAs through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. The possible mechanism involves how high-frequency rTMS can cause increased excitation in the frontal lobe of the right side of the brain, thus regulating the 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine levels.

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acupuncture and massagehigh-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationnutritional statepersistent vegetative staterehabilitation

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PMID37032764
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