title: Should the neuroscience community make a paradigm shift to sharing primary data?
abstract: The author outlines the pros and cons of data sharing for neuroscientists and argues that continued progress in the field will depend on a cultural shift toward making primary data freely available. He argues in favor of distributed databases to maximize the efficient use of data.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6167, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9613, USA. koz@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Koslow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001109:Archives; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*