Video From the Volkswagen Experiments
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"This is an excellent example of the type of basic research in neurophysiology where animals are killed solely to satisfy the curiosity of the investigators and their colleagues. It has no conceivable relevance to the treatment of human disease, nor to the development of industrial applications which do not already exist, including such things as GPS systems. The authors of both articles do not even attempt to discuss the potential importance of this line of work, and this is telling. The reason, in my view, is that there is none except for the advancement of their own careers. The use of animals for a project of this type has no ethical justification."
Robert Hoffman, MD, neurologist
