The continued need for animals to advance brain research

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.015

The continued need for animals to advance brain research

Authors	J.R. Homberg R.A.H. Adan N. Alenina A. Asiminas M. Bader T. Beckers D.P. Begg A. Blokland M.E. Burger G. van Dijk U.L.M. Eisel Y. Elgersma B. Englitz A. Fernandez-Ruiz C.P. Fitzsimons A.-M. van Dam P. Gass J. Grandjean R. Havekes M.J.A.G. Henckens C. Herden R.A. Hut W. Jarrett K. Jeffrey D. Jezova A. Kalsbeek M. Kamermans M.J. Kas N.N. Kasri A.J. Kiliaan S.M. Kolk A. Korosi S.M. Korte T. Kozicz S.A. Kushner K. Leech K.-P. Lesch H. Lesscher P.J. Lucassen A. Luthi L. Ma A.S. Mallien P. Meerlo J.F. Mejias F.J. Meye A.S. Mitchell J.D. Mul U. Olcese A.O. González J.D.A. Olivier M. Pasqualetti C.M.A. Pennartz P. Popik J. Prickaerts L.M. de la Prida S. Ribeiro B. Roozendaal J.I. Rossato A.-A. Salari R.G. Schoemaker A.B. Smit L.J.M.J. Vanderschuren T. Takeuchi R. van der Veen M.P. Smidt V.V. Vyazovskiy M. Wiesmann C.J. Wierenga B. Williams I. Willuhn M. Wöhr M. Wolvekamp E.A. van der Zee L. Genzel
Publication date	04-08-2021
Journal	Neuron
Volume \| Issue number	109 \| 15
Pages (from-to)	2374-2379
Number of pages	6
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)
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.
Document type	Article
Language	English
Published at	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.015
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