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model organism
organisms used to study biology across species
median lethal dose
a measure of the lethal dose of a toxin, radiation, or pathogen required to kill half of a tested population
animal testing
use of animals as models of the human organism
Havana syndrome
set of medical symptoms affecting U.S. and Canada government personnel
Martin Seligman
American psychologist and writer
xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation (xenos- from the Greek meaning "foreign" or strange), or heterologous transplant, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenografts or xenotransplants. It is contrasted with allotransplantation (from other individual of same species), syngeneic transplantation or isotransplantation (grafts transplanted between two genetically identical individuals of the same species), and autotransplantation (from one part of the body to another in the same person). Xenotransplantation is an artificial
boiling frog
metaphor for the inability of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually
Karl Lashley
American psychologist (1890–1958)
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
Spanish scientist (1915-2011)
World Day for Laboratory Animals
world day
Rat Park
research project
Three Rs
guiding principles for more ethical use of animals in science
Colin Blakemore
British neurobiologist (1944–2022)
experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Animal model of brain inflammation
cannulated cow
Cow surgically fitted with a cannula
testing cosmetics on animals
form of animal testing
animal studies
field in which animals are studied in a variety of cross-disciplinary ways
Forschungseinrichtung für experimentelle Medizin
Scientific research facility in Berlin
Huntingdon Life Sciences
contract research organisation
Bateson's cube
cost-benefit analysis of animal research
remote controlled animal
Animals controlled remotely by humans
Animal Efficacy Rule
Freund's adjuvant
antigen solution emulsified in mineral oil
animal disease model
naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases
cooperative pulling paradigm
experimental design
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
US research center
effects of psychoactive drugs on animals
list of studies
Marie Françoise Bernard
French activist (1819-1901)