Accelerating African neuroscience to provide an equitable framework using perspectives from West and Southern Africa

S Besharati, R Akinyemi - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Drawing on perspectives from West and Southern Africa, this Comment critically examines
the current state of neuroscience progress in Africa, describing the unique landscape and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Biomarkers Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome in Individuals of Black Racial Identity or African Ancestry: A Narrative Review

TH Wroblewski, E Ajmal, F Ononogbu-Uche… - World Neurosurgery, 2025 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and a major
global health concern. In the United States, individuals of Black or African American racial …

Diversity in research on the psychology of language: A large-scale examination of sampling bias

R Berghoff, E Bylund - Cognition, 2025 - Elsevier
The human capacity for language cannot be fully understood without appreciation of its
ability to adapt to startling diversity. Narrow sampling therefore undermines the …

Neural stem cell research in Africa: current realities and future prospects

IA Azeez, IO Awogbindin, JN Olayinka… - Biology …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are immature progenitor cells that are found in develo** and
adult brains that have the potential of dividing actively and renewing themselves, with a …

Diversity matters

F Cirulli, SJ Spencer, C Zhang - Neuroscience, 2025 - ibroneuroscience.org
Neuroscience, the journal, has had a very successful 2024. Notably, our submissions have
increased by 30% and we have accepted and published over 400 papers, representing a …

[PDF][PDF] Advancing neuroethics in Africa

OP Matshabane, A Hartford, CO Ewuoso… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - ajol.info
Neuroethics in Africa Page 2 of 3 long-term effective neurotechnological interventions–for
example, encouraging more research on cost-efficient treatments of common mental …

[HTML][HTML] A labeled Clinical-MRI dataset of Nigerian brains

E Wogu, P Filima, B Caron, D Levitas, P Herholz… - Ar**v, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract We describe a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) dataset from individuals from
the African nation of Nigeria. The dataset contains pseudonymized structural MRI (T1w, T2w …

The ethical and validity conundrum in epilepsy research in LMIC settings

P Samia, A Shah, A Patel, P Olielo, L Mudave… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the last few decades, research in epilepsy has significantly improved understanding of
risk factors and etiologies associated with epilepsy, promoting greater access to …

Global Perspective: Strengthening Neurodiagnostics in Africa; Mobilizing Students in Research and Workforce for Sustainable Impact

TS Olajide, YH Olamilekan… - The Neurodiagnostic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
One of the greatest challenges Africa faces is limited access to quality information about
recent trends in the field of neurodiagnostics. The level of awareness of this profession …

African Neuroscience: Social Responsibility and a New Sense of Community

W Benjelloun - Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Africa is home to a longstanding tradition of scientific enquiry dating back to the Pharaohs. In
the last century, Africa's universities were instrumental in nation building and in training …