Variability in Frontotemporal Brain Structure: The Importance of Recruitment of African Americans in Neuroscience Research

Nneka Isamah; Warachal Faison; Martha E. Payne; James MacFall; David C. Steffens; John L. Beyer; K. Ranga Krishnan; Warren D. Taylor

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013642

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Variability in Frontotemporal Brain Structure: The Importance of Recruitment of African Americans in Neuroscience Research

Nneka Isamah,

Affiliations The Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, The Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Warachal Faison,

Affiliation The Department of Neurosciences, Alzheimer's Research and Clinical Programs, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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Martha E. Payne,

Affiliations The Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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James MacFall,

Affiliations The Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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David C. Steffens,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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John L. Beyer,

Affiliations The Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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K. Ranga Krishnan,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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Warren D. Taylor

* E-mail: Taylo066@mc.duke.edu

Affiliations The Duke Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Variability in Frontotemporal Brain Structure: The Importance of Recruitment of African Americans in Neuroscience Research

Nneka Isamah,
Warachal Faison,
Martha E. Payne,
James MacFall,
David C. Steffens,
John L. Beyer,
K. Ranga Krishnan,
Warren D. Taylor

Published: October 26, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013642

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