Decerebrate mammalian preparations: Unalleviated or fully alleviated pain? A review and opinion

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 34-36

  Silverman, Jerald ^a   Garnett, Nelson L ^b   Giszter, Simon F ^c   Heckman II, Charles J ^d   Kulpa Eddy, Jodie A ^e   Lemay, Michel A ^c   Perry, Constance K ^f   Pinter, Martin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; BRAIN CORTEX; DECEREBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; THALAMUS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECEREBRATE STATE; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MAMMALS; PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22844434584     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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