A model of incisional pain: The effects of dermal tail incision on pain behaviours of Sprague Dawley rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 167-173

  Weber, Juliane ^a   Loram, Lisa ^a   Mitchell, Bridget ^b   Themistocleous, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Van Drimmelen Pathology Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Incisional pain; Mechanical; Post operative; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INCISION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAIL; THERMAL STIMULATION; TISSUE INJURY; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TAIL;

EID: 19544372458     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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