Gait analysis as a correlate of pain induced by carrageenan intraplantar injection

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Coulthard, Paul ^a   Simjee, Shabana U ^b   Pleuvry, Barbara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Gait; Pain behaviour; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING SPEED;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0042890400     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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