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The Allen Brain Observatory

The Allen Brain Observatory presents the first standardized in vivo survey of physiological activity in the mouse visual cortex, featuring representations of visually evoked calcium responses from GCaMP6-expressing neurons in selected cortical layers, visual areas and Cre lines. 

Topic: Search tools and databases, Teaching

Altbib-Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing

ALTBIB is a search tool that retrieves PubMed citations on alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing. It includes citations from published articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports. It also provides links to news sources and additional resources on alternatives to animal testing.

A wide variety of topics are covered, including biologics and vaccines, carcinogenesis, cytotoxicity, ecotoxicity, genotoxicity, hepatic/renal toxicity, immunotoxicity/immunology, neurotoxicity, ocular toxicity, pharmacokinetic/mechanistic studies, pyrogenicity, pulmonary toxicity, quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR), reproductive and developmental toxicity, skin toxicity, and animal welfare.

Topic: Alternative methods

PubMed

PubMed comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Topic: Search tools and databases

INFRAFRONTIER 

INFRAFRONTIER is the European Research Infrastructure for phenotyping and archiving of model mammalian genomes. The INFRAFRONTIER Research Infrastructure provides access to first-class tools and data for biomedical research, and thereby contributes to improving the understanding of gene function in human health and disease using the mouse model.

 

Topic: Search tools and databases

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Naked Mole-Rat Initiative
Topic: Naked mole-rat

Naked Mole-Rat Animal Research Information
Topic: Naked mole-rat

Naked Mole-Rat Genome Resource
Topic: Naked mole-rat

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German Language Web-Site for "Best Practice" in Breeding, Accommodation, Care and Use of Animals
Topic: Other Resources

NC3Rs- The Macaque Website

The Macaque Website is a free, public resource for those working with, or is interested in, laboratory macaques. 

Topic: Other Resources

Procedures With Care Website

Procedures with Care Website by Newcastle University, NC3Rs and IAT, provides a series of resources to support the adoption of best practice for commonly used procedures in animal research.

Topic: Other Resources

Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Research and Teaching

The website is maintained by Norecopa. It covers all Three Rs, is in English and free of charge. 

Topic: Other Resources

Guidelines on The Care and Use of Fish in Research-Norecopa
Topic: Other Resources

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