Ismail, Fatme Seval http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-8056
Faustmann, Pedro M.
Förster, Eckart
Corvace, Franco
Faustmann, Timo Jendrik
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum GmbH
Article History
Received: 13 February 2023
Accepted: 16 May 2023
First Online: 25 May 2023
Declarations
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: According to current animal protection regulations in Germany (Animal Welfare Act) and within the European Union, the removal of organs or cells from vertebrates for scientific purposes is not considered an animal experiment if the animals have not been subject to surgical interventions or invasive treatments prior to sacrifice. Thus, euthanization of postnatal rats intended for the removal of brain tissue in this study does not need any approval or permission from local or governmental authorities. An ethics approval is deemed unnecessary according to the relevant German (Animal Welfare Act) and European (Directive 2010/63/EU) legislation. All experimental protocols used in the research project to generate primary cell cultures are carried out in compliance with the regulations of the Animal Welfare Act and animal protection regulations applicable within the European Union.
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. The authors have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose.