Multicenter research studies: A new publishing format in

摘要

Multicenter research studies and collaborative projects are increasingly being conducted and recognized for their value in advancing research. They offer unique opportunities for researchers to share complementary expertise, models, research, and analytical tools; provide opportunities to increase subject enrollment and diversity, whether preclinical or clinical, meeting criteria for fulfilling sample sizes for powered studies. Multicenter collaborations can also be useful in assessing whether research findings can be replicated or extended to different models of neurological diseases, which may help in derisking the process of selection of candidate therapeutics, validate targets and biomarkers, and improve the translation of research findings in useful clinical tools and therapeutics.