A sensitive gait parameter for quantification of arthritis in rats

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-116

  Orito, Kensuke ^a   Kurozumi, Shogo ^b   Ishii, Idaku ^b   Tanaka, Akane ^c   Sawada, Junko ^c   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^c  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Gait analysis; Quantification

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; INDOMETACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GAIT; HINDLIMB; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TIME;

EID: 33846649010     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0060156     Document Type: Article

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