Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32692973›Full record

ArticleNeuron2020

TReND in Africa: Toward a Truly Global (Neuro)science Community.

Tom Baden, Mahmoud Bukar Maina, Andre Maia Chagas, Yunusa Garba Mohammed, Thomas O Auer, Ana Silbering, Lukas von Tobel, Marie Pertin, Renee Hartig, Jelena Aleksic and 10 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Neuron, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Somatic and Stem Cell Bank to study the contribution of African ancestry to dementia: African iPSC Initiative.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
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

20 authors.

Tom BadenSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK; Department of Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; TReND in Africa, Brighton, UK. Electronic address: t.baden@sussex.ac.uk.
Mahmoud Bukar MainaSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK; TReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; College of Medical Sciences, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria.
Andre Maia ChagasSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK; TReND in Africa, Brighton, UK.
Yunusa Garba MohammedTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; College of Medical Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe State, Nigeria.
Thomas O AuerTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Centre for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ana SilberingTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lukas von TobelTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK.
Marie PertinTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Pain Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Renee HartigTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany; Focus Program Translational Neurosciences, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Jelena AleksicTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; SparkBio Ltd, Cambridge, UK.
Ibukun AkinrinadeTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.
Mosab A AwadelkareemTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Artemis KoumoundourouTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Aled JonesTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Viapath Genetic Laboratories, London, UK.
Fabiana ArietiTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Andrew BealeTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.
Daniel MünchTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
Samyra Cury SalekSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK; TReND in Africa, Brighton, UK.
Sadiq YusufTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; Uganda Management and Technology University, Kampala, Uganda.
Lucia L Prieto-GodinoTReND in Africa, Brighton, UK; The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Electronic address: lucia.prietogodino@crick.ac.uk.

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TReND is a volunteer-scientist run charity dedicated to promoting research and education on the African continent. Focusing on neuroscience, we discuss approaches to address some of the factors that currently stifle Africa's scientific development and our experience in implementing them.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchCapacity BuildingInformation DisseminationPublic PolicyAfricaCharitiesFacultyHumansNeurosciencesAfricacapacity buildingeducationneuroscience

Identifiers

PMID32692973
PMCPMC7370902

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.