Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38137351›Full record

ReviewBiomedicines2023

Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in Stress and Depressive Disorders through the Gut-Brain Axis.

Timur Liwinski, Undine E Lang, Annette B Brühl, Else Schneider

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Review in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timur LiwinskiUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Adults, University of Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Undine E LangUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Adults, University of Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Annette B BrühlUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Adults, University of Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4704-4986
Else SchneiderUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Adults, University of Basel, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7550-9272
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research conducted on individuals with depression reveals that major depressive disorders (MDDs) coincide with diminished levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain, as well as modifications in the subunit composition of the primary receptors (GABA

Indexed as

enteric nervous systemgut–brain axisinsomniamicrobiomemood disorderneurotransmitternutraceuticalsnutritionstress

Identifiers

PMID38137351
PMCPMC10741010
OpenAlexW4388972820

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Registered trials

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