The continued need for animals to advance brain research

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2021-08-04

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Homberg, Judith R
Adan, Roger A H
Alenina, Natalia
Asiminas, Antonis
Bader, Michael
Beckers, Tom
Begg, Denovan P
Blokland, Arjan
Burger, Marilise E
van Dijk, Gertjan

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Abstract

Policymakers aim to move toward animal-free alternatives for scientific research and have introduced very strict regulations for animal research. We argue that, for neuroscience research, until viable and translational alternatives become available and the value of these alternatives has been proven, the use of animals should not be compromised.

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Taverne, General Neuroscience

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Homberg, J R, Adan, R A H, Alenina, N, Asiminas, A, Bader, M, Beckers, T, Begg, D P, Blokland, A, Burger, M E, van Dijk, G, Eisel, U L M, Elgersma, Y, Englitz, B, Fernandez-Ruiz, A, Fitzsimons, C P, van Dam, A-M, Gass, P, Grandjean, J, Havekes, R, Henckens, M J A G, Herden, C, Hut, R A, Jarrett, W, Jeffrey, K, Jezova, D, Kalsbeek, A, Kamermans, M, Kas, M J, Kasri, N N, Kiliaan, A J, Kolk, S M, Korosi, A, Korte, S M, Kozicz, T, Kushner, S A, Leech, K, Lesch, K-P, Lesscher, H, Lucassen, P J, Luthi, A, Ma, L, Mallien, A S, Meerlo, P, Mejias, J F, Meye, F J, Mitchell, A S, Mul, J D, Olcese, U, González, A O, Olivier, J D A, Pasqualetti, M, Pennartz, C M A, Popik, P, Prickaerts, J, de la Prida, L M, Ribeiro, S, Roozendaal, B, Rossato, J I, Salari, A-A, Schoemaker, R G, Smit, A B, Vanderschuren, L J M J, Takeuchi, T, van der Veen, R, Smidt, M P, Vyazovskiy, V V, Wiesmann, M, Wierenga, C J, Williams, B, Willuhn, I, Wöhr, M, Wolvekamp, M, van der Zee, E A & Genzel, L 2021, 'The continued need for animals to advance brain research', Neuron, vol. 109, no. 15, pp. 2374-2379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.015