Hundreds of animal studies on brain damage after stroke flagged for problematic images

Hundreds of animal studies on brain damage after stroke flagged for problematic images

A new study has identified over 240 scientific publications on animal models of hemorrhagic stroke that contain potentially problematic images, thereby raising concerns about the trustworthiness of the body of literature this field. The findings come from a team led by René Aquarius and Kim Wever at Radboud university medical center in the Netherlands, and are published October 30th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology. Researchers often use …