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ArticleBiology of sex differences2016

Our evolving science: studying the influence of sex in preclinical research.

Carolyn M Mazure

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Article in Biology of sex differences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Considering Sex as a Biological Variable Will Be Valuable for Neuroscience Research.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Carolyn M MazureDepartment of Psychiatry, Women's Health Research at Yale, Yale University School of Medicine, 135 College Street, Suite 220, New Haven, CT 06510 USA.

Funding

Yale SCOR on Gender-Sensitive Treatment for Tobacco DependenceP50DA033945 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MCKEE, SHERRY ANN · 2012 to 2017
$6.5M
NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA033945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The policy announcement by the National Institutes of Health that sex should be considered as a relevant variable in preclinical research has sparked considerable debate. This debate has largely centered on specific concerns regarding how the policy will be implemented. However, others have reacted to the new policy by calling into question the capacity of preclinical science to generate data that can be useful to human health. This commentary examines the basis for this contention and maintains that it is essential to expand our scientific efforts to include the influence of sex on the biology and behavior that is studied in preclinical investigations.

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Laboratory researchPreclinical researchSex differences

Identifiers

PMID26918114
PMCPMC4766639

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