Misrepresentation of neuroscience data might give rise to misleading conclusions in the media: The case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gonon, Francois ^a,b   Bezard, Erwan ^a,b   Boraud, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CITATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INTERNAL BIAS; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; STANDARD;

MUS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 79551653326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014618     Document Type: Article

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