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Trial reportNutrients2023

The Acute and Chronic Effects of Lion's Mane Mushroom Supplementation on Cognitive Function, Stress and Mood in Young Adults: A Double-Blind, Parallel Groups, Pilot Study.

Sarah Docherty, Faye L Doughty, Ellen F Smith

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Benefits, side effects, and uses ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2025
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  6. Natural Molecules for Brain Health and Resilience.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Bioactive Polysaccharides fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  13. Lion's Mane Mushroom (Nutrients · 2025
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  16. Acute effects of a standardised extract ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah DochertyDepartment of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
Faye L DoughtyDepartment of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
Ellen F SmithBrain, Performance and Nutrition Research Centre, Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5392-5408
Northumbria University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the bioactive properties and limited work to date,

objectiveThe current pilot study investigated the acute and chronic (28-day) cognitive and mood-enhancing effects of

designThis randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-groups design investigated the acute (60 min post dose) and chronic (28-day intervention) effects of 1.8 g

resultsAnalysis revealed that following a single dose of

conclusionsThe findings tentatively suggest that

Indexed as

AgaricalesCognitionDietary SupplementsHericiumHumansPilot ProjectsYoung Adultcognitive functionHericium erinaceusmoodmushroom

Identifiers

PMID38004235
PMCPMC10675414
OpenAlexW4388830511

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