Scoring the mouse formalin test: Validation study

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-358

  Sufka, Kenneth J ^a   Watson, G Stennis ^a   Nothdurft, Rebeccah E ^a   Mogil, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MODEL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032411007     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(98)90033-7     Document Type: Article

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