column type description study character "short name for study in the format ""Firstauthor YYYY""" year integer year study was published pubmed_link character first_author character surname of first author(s) last_author character surname of last author animal_species animal_strain animal_model_name animal_model_citation prnp_genotype prp_expression_level prion_strain avg_age_at_inoculation_days inoculum_titer inoculum_volume infection_or_integration_route treatment_route vehicle control_compound compound dose_description character dose as described in study. this free form text column is the only place to find out where increasing doses were used - only peak dose is recorded elsewhere. dose_number_deprecated peak_dose_mgkgday equiv_peak_dose_mg_70kg_human treatment_started_dpi treatment_stopped_dpi endpoint factor "survival = time to death or 'terminal illness', time of sacrifice, etc. onset = time to onset of some behavioral sign. this is defined differently by each study" treatment_days_to_endpoint treatment_sd treatment_sem treatment_n control_days_to_endpoint control_sd control_n delay numeric "treatment_days_to_endpoint/control_days_to_endpoint - 1. you could calculate this yourself, but some authors just directly give a percent delay, without stating times for treated or control groups. those are included in this field as well." reported_p numeric "p value for treated group vs. control group time to endpoint, as reported by author, regardless of statistical test used. 1 when author simply states 'not significant', blank when author does not provide a p value" eyeballed integer "1 = one or more items of data in this row was eyeballed from a figure or estimated from discussion in text, because the author never provided a number. 0 = all numbers are as provided by author. one borderline exception to this is that where authors give a range (e.g. ""n=10 to 12 mice per group""), i take the midpoint (in this case, 11) and still leave 0 in this field." comments character