Laboratory animal science - main focus: neuroscience

The main topic of the meeting 'Neuroscience' was focusseed on the region of Göttingen, due to the different institutes working with laboratory animals such as the Max Planck Institutes for Experimental Medicine and Biophysical Chemistry, the German Primate Center, the European Neuroscience Institute and finally the Georg August University (Medical Department). A large variety of issues was discussed in the course of this congress, e. g. stroke, neuro-degenerative disorders, TSE, stem-cells and infectious diseases in laboratory animals, which can be found in the congress book now.