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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2025

Clinical efficacy and potential mechanisms of acupuncture for Parkinson's disease: the role of GABAergic signaling.

Wenhui Lu, Ting Zhang, Minghui Li, Jun Zhang, Ningning Liu, Lanfang Yang, Guomin Huang

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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 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Efficacy of various acupuncture modalities on alleviating symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wenhui Lu *Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Ting Zhang *Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Minghui LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Jun ZhangAffiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Ningning LiuAffiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Lanfang YangAffiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Guomin HuangAffiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD), a common neurodegenerative disease, seriously impacts the quality of life of patients. In recent years, research has revealed that the GABAergic signaling pathway plays an important role in the occurrence and development of PD. GABA is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS), synthesized through the alpha decarboxylation reaction of glutamate (Glu) under the action of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in GABAergic neurons. It works by binding to specific receptors (GABA

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acupunctureclinical efficacy and mechanismsGABAergic signalingneurological disordersParkinson’s disease

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PMID40046435
PMCPMC11880233

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