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ReviewNeural regeneration research2024

The future of artificial hibernation medicine: protection of nerves and organs after spinal cord injury.

Caiyun Liu, Haixin Yu, Zhengchao Li, Shulian Chen, Xiaoyin Li, Xuyi Chen, Bo Chen

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor ability, neurophysiological changes, mental health, and activities of daily living in spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Caiyun LiuSchool of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tuina; Research Center of Experimental Acupucture Science, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China;, China.
Haixin YuSchool of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tuina; Research Center of Experimental Acupucture Science, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China;, China.
Zhengchao LiCharacteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin, China.
Shulian ChenCharacteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoyin LiCharacteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin, China.
Xuyi ChenCharacteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin, China.
Bo ChenSchool of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tuina; Research Center of Experimental Acupucture Science, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Binhai New Area Hospital of TCM; Fourth Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin, China.
Chinese People's Armed Police ForceTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNChinese People's Armed Police General Hospital · CNTianjin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury is a serious disease of the central nervous system involving irreversible nerve injury and various organ system injuries. At present, no effective clinical treatment exists. As one of the artificial hibernation techniques, mild hypothermia has preliminarily confirmed its clinical effect on spinal cord injury. However, its technical defects and barriers, along with serious clinical side effects, restrict its clinical application for spinal cord injury. Artificial hibernation is a future-oriented disruptive technology for human life support. It involves endogenous hibernation inducers and hibernation-related central neuromodulation that activate particular neurons, reduce the central constant temperature setting point, disrupt the normal constant body temperature, make the body "adapt" to the external cold environment, and reduce the physiological resistance to cold stimulation. Thus, studying the artificial hibernation mechanism may help develop new treatment strategies more suitable for clinical use than the cooling method of mild hypothermia technology. This review introduces artificial hibernation technologies, including mild hypothermia technology, hibernation inducers, and hibernation-related central neuromodulation technology. It summarizes the relevant research on hypothermia and hibernation for organ and nerve protection. These studies show that artificial hibernation technologies have therapeutic significance on nerve injury after spinal cord injury through inflammatory inhibition, immunosuppression, oxidative defense, and possible central protection. It also promotes the repair and protection of respiratory and digestive, cardiovascular, locomotor, urinary, and endocrine systems. This review provides new insights for the clinical treatment of nerve and multiple organ protection after spinal cord injury thanks to artificial hibernation. At present, artificial hibernation technology is not mature, and research faces various challenges. Nevertheless, the effort is worthwhile for the future development of medicine.

Indexed as

artificial hibernationcentral thermostatic-resistant regulationhypothermiamulti-system protectionneuroprotectionorgan protectionspinal cord injurysynthetic torpor

Identifiers

PMID37488839
PMCPMC10479867
OpenAlexW4378175516

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