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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2025

Say hello to my little friend… micronutraceuticals in neuroenergetics, neuronal health, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Shayne Mason

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2025. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Shayne MasonHuman Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamins and minerals (micronutraceuticals) maintain good health. However, the specific effects of these micronutraceuticals on brain health are often overlooked, or not even known. In this review, an overview of the direct and indirect effects of micronutraceuticals on brain energy metabolism (neuroenergetics) and neuronal health is provided. Thereafter, a holistic summary of the existing studies that have shown the impact of micronutraceuticals on neurodegenerative diseases. Lastly, this review concludes by identifying several research gaps that remain and provides suggestions for future research on these hot topics.

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brainenergy metabolismneurodegenerative diseaseneuroenergeticsneuronsvitamins

Identifiers

PMID40336537
PMCPMC12055844

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