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ReviewBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2025

Exploring the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation on cognitive function: A review of clinical trials.

Sara Alaeddin, Anushka Chatterjee, Tara L Roberts, Genevieve Z Steiner-Lim, Slade O Jensen, Erika Gyengesi, Gerald Muench, Vincent Ho

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Review in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline 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

8 authors.

Sara AlaeddinSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Anushka ChatterjeeSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Tara L RobertsSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Genevieve Z Steiner-LimNICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Slade O JensenSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Erika GyengesiSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Gerald MuenchSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.
Vincent HoSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) is a widely used microbiota-modulation technique to treat recurrent

Indexed as

cognitive functionfaecal transplantgut microbiomeMicrobiota-gut-brain-axisNeurodegeneration

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PMID40686934
PMCPMC12273246

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