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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023

Steven Oleson, Jiayue Cao, Xiaokai Wang, Zhongming Liu

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Cellular coding of ingestion in the caudal brainstem.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  3. Interoception network in the rat brain.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026
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  4. Review
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven OlesonWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Jiayue CaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Xiaokai WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Zhongming LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
University of Michigan · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The vagus nerve, the primary neural pathway mediating brain-body interactions, plays an essential role in transmitting bodily signals to the brain. Despite its significance, our understanding of the detailed organization and functionality of vagal afferent projections remains incomplete. Methods: In this study, we utilized manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) as a non-invasive and Results: Our findings reveal that vagal afferent neurons can uptake and transport manganese ions, serving as a surrogate for calcium ions, to the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the brainstem. In the absence of VNS, we observed significant contrast enhancements of around 19-24% in the NTS ipsilateral to the injection side. Application of VNS for 4 h further promoted nerve activity, leading to greater contrast enhancements of 40-43% in the NTS. Discussion: These results demonstrate the potential of MEMRI for high-resolution, activity-dependent tracing of vagal afferents, providing a valuable tool for the structural and functional assessment of the vagus nerve and its influence on brain activity.

Indexed as

manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingneuronal tracingnucleus tractus solitariusvagus nervevagus nerve stimulation

Identifiers

PMID37781260
PMCPMC10540305
OpenAlexW4386803497

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