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The continued need for animals to advance brain research

Research group Kalsbeek
Publication year 2021
Published in Neuron
Authors Judith Homberg, Roger A H Adan, Natalia Alenina, Antonis Asiminas, Michael Bader, Tom Beckers, Denovan P Begg, Arjan Blokland, Marilise E Burger, Gertjan van Dijk, Ulrich L M Eisel, Ype Elgersma, Bernhard Englitz, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, C.P. Fitzsimons, Anne Marie Van Dam, Peter Gass, Joanes Grandjean, Robbert Havekes, Marloes J A G Henckens, Christiane Herden, Roelof A Hut, Wendy Jarrett, Kate Jeffrey, Daniela Jezova, A. Kalsbeek, M. Kamermans, Martien J H Kas, Nael Nadif Kasri, Amanda J. Kiliaan, Sharon M Kolk, Aniko Korosi, S Mechiel Korte, Tamas Kozicz, Steven A Kushner, Kirk Leech, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Heidi Lesscher, Paul J Lucassen, Anita Luthi, Liya Ma, Anne S Mallien, Peter Meerlo, Jorge F Mejias, Frank J Meye, Anna S Mitchell, Joram David Mul, Umberto Olcese, Azahara Oliva González, Jocelien D. A. Olivier, Massimo Pasqualetti, Cyriel M A Pennartz, Piotr Popik, Jos Prickaerts, Liset M de la Prida, Sidarta Ribeiro, Benno Roozendaal, Janine I Rossato, Ali-Akbar Salari, Regien G Schoemaker, August B Smit, Louk J M J Vanderschuren, Tomonori Takeuchi, Rixt van der Veen, Marten P Smidt, Vladyslav V Vyazovskiy, Maximilian Wiesmann, Corette J Wierenga, Bella Williams, Ingo Willuhn, Markus Wöhr, Monique Wolvekamp, Eddy A van der Zee, Lisa Genzel

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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