Citation

Lemmon VP, Ferguson AR, Popovich PG, Xu XM, Snow DM, Igarashi M, Beattie CE, Bixby JL, Consortium M, Abeyruwan SW, Beattie MS, Bethea J, Bradke F, Bresnahan JC, Bunge MB, Callahan A, David S, Dunlop SA, Fawcett J, Fehlings MG, Fischer I, Giger RJ, Goshima Y, Grimpe B, Hagg T, Hall ED, Harrison BJ, Harvey AR, He C, He Z, Hirata T, Hoke A, Hulsebosch CE, Hurtado A, Jain A, Kadoya K, Kamiguchi H, Kengaku M, Kocsis JD, Kwon BK, Lee JK, Liebl DJ, Liu SJ, Lowery LA, Mandrekar-Colucci S, Martin JH, Mason CA, McTigue DM, Mokarram N, Moon LD, Muller HW, Nakamura T, Namba T, Nishibe M, Oinuma I, Oudega M, Pleasure DE, Raisman G, Rasband MN, Reier PJ, Santiago-Medina M, Schwab JM, Schwab ME, Shinmyo Y, Silver J, Smith GM, So KF, Sofroniew MV, Strittmatter SM, Tuszynski MH, Twiss JL, Visser U, Watkins TA, Wu W, Yoon SO, Yuzaki M, Zheng B, Zhou F, Zou Y. J. Neurotrauma 2014; 31(15): 1354-1361.

Affiliation

Univ. of Miami, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis , 1095 NW 14th Ter. , Miami, Florida, United States, 33136-1060 , 305-243-6793 ; VLemmon@med.miami.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/neu.2014.3400

PMID

24870067

Abstract

The lack of reproducibility in many areas of experimental science has a number of causes, including a lack of transparency and precision in the description of experimental approaches. This has far-reaching consequences, including wasted resources and slowing of progress. Additionally, the large number of laboratories around the world publishing papers on a given topic make it difficult, if not impossible, for individual researchers to read all of the relevant literature. Consequently, centralized databases are needed to facilitate the generation of new hypotheses for testing. One strategy to improve transparency in experimental description, and to allow the development of frameworks for computer-readable knowledge repositories, is the adoption of uniform reporting standards, such as common data elements (data elements used in multiple clinical studies) and minimum information standards. This paper describes a minimum information standard for spinal cord injury (SCI) experiments, its major elements and the approaches used to develop it. Transparent reporting standards for experiments using animal models of human SCI aim to reduce inherent bias and increase experimental value.

Language: en