Sex: A change in our guidelines to authors to ensure that this is no longer an ignored experimental variable

Affiliations

¹ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
² University College London, UK.
³ Rutgers University, USA.
⁴ University of Nottingham, UK.
⁵ University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
⁶ Swansea University, UK.
⁷ The University of Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia.
⁹ The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
¹⁰ Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
¹¹ Research Animals Department, Science Group, RSPCA, West Sussex, UK.
¹² La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
¹³ Preclinical Research Statistics, UCB Pharma, Slough, UK.
¹⁴ The University of British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁵ University of Reading, UK.
¹⁶ Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹⁷ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Editorial

James R Docherty et al. Br J Pharmacol. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;176(21):4081-4086.

doi: 10.1111/bph.14761. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

¹ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
² University College London, UK.
³ Rutgers University, USA.
⁴ University of Nottingham, UK.
⁵ University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
⁶ Swansea University, UK.
⁷ The University of Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia.
⁹ The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
¹⁰ Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
¹¹ Research Animals Department, Science Group, RSPCA, West Sussex, UK.
¹² La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
¹³ Preclinical Research Statistics, UCB Pharma, Slough, UK.
¹⁴ The University of British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁵ University of Reading, UK.
¹⁶ Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
¹⁷ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Erratum in

Correction.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Br J Pharmacol. 2021 Apr;178(7):1737. doi: 10.1111/bph.15404. Br J Pharmacol. 2021. PMID: 33684968 No abstract available.

No abstract available

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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