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ReviewTzu chi medical journal

The role of the GABAergic system on insomnia.

Peeraporn Varinthra, Shameemun Naseer Mohamed Nizarul Anwar, Shu-Ching Shih, Ingrid Y Liu

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Review in Tzu chi medical journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Peeraporn VarinthraInstitute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Shameemun Naseer Mohamed Nizarul AnwarDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shu-Ching ShihDepartment of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Ingrid Y LiuInstitute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep is an essential activity for the survival of mammals. Good sleep quality helps promote the performance of daily functions. In contrast, insufficient sleep reduces the efficiency of daily activities, causes various chronic diseases like Alzheimer's disease, and increases the risk of having accidents. The GABAergic system is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter system in the central nervous system. It transits the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter via GABA

Indexed as

BenzodiazepinesChinese herbal medicineGamma-aminobutyric acidInsomniaSleep

Identifiers

PMID38645778
PMCPMC11025592

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