Basic research has enormous consequences for medicine and therapies.

On the next few pages we would like to introduce five treatment methods as examples of therapies that would never have been developed had it not been for research on animals.

• Constrained-induced movement therapy (CIMT) for the treatment of paralysis
• Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
• Brain-computer interfaces  to assist patients with locked-in syndrome (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)    
• Cochlear implants for the treatment of acquired and congenital deafness    
• Heart surgery and heart transplants for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases