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Trial reportDepression and anxiety2025

How Does Virtual Reality Exposure Treatment Change the Brain Function of Acrophobia Patients? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Meilin Guo, Yongjun Chen, Ya Xie, Yumin Zhang, Aoran Xu, Guojia Zhang, Jingya Kong, Yuan Zhong, Chun Wang

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Depression and anxiety, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Meilin GuoNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Yongjun ChenNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Ya XieNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Yumin ZhangNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Aoran XuNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Guojia ZhangNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Jingya KongNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Yuan ZhongSchool of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, Jiangsu, China.
Chun WangNanjing Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8323-9679

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BrainImplosive TherapyPhobic DisordersVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyAdultFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultacrophobiadegree centralityfunctional magnetic resonance imagingimaginal exposure therapyvirtual reality exposure therapy

Identifiers

PMID40697772
PMCPMC12283208

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