The main aim of this chapter is to provide researchers with an overview of ethical
considerations to be made prior to using animals in science (such as neuroscience and …

The goal of the present chapter is to open up for discussion some of the major ethical issues
involved in animal-based neuroscience research. We begin by approaching the question of …

To ensure the high quality of each chapter, the editors invited experts in the areas of ethics,
bioethics, physiology, neurology, toxicology, pharmacology, animal welfare and legislation …

This volume is the first to present a framework of general principles for animal research
ethics together with an analysis of the principles' meaning and moral requirements. This new …

Contemporary research in the life sciences, and particularly biomedicine, involves
experimentation on live animals.* This research is considered an important tool in the …

This chapter briefly explores whether there are distinct characteristics in the field of
Behavioral Neuroscience that demand specific ethical reflection. We argue that although the …

Rationale The ethical debate concerning the use of animals in biomedical and
pharmacological research continues to be replete with misunderstandings about whether …

Arguments for animal “rights” confuse the issue of what rights are about and, in the context of
the care of laboratory animals, are misleading. Only human beings have rights and they …

This volume, Ethics in Behavioral Neuroscience, gathers fresh new perspectives on how the
ethical and rational pursuit of knowledge informs the neurobiological approach to the study …

Most scientific journals ask authors to include a statement in their articles that animal studies
have been carried out in agreement with international regulations on the use and care of …