The CatWalk method: Assessment of mechanical allodynia in experimental chronic pain

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-480

  Gabriel, Anne F ^a,b   Marcus, Marco A E ^a   Walenkamp, Geert H I M ^a   Joosten, Elbert A J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; CatWalk; Chronic inflammatory pain; Gait analysis; Mechanical allodynia; Pain; von Frey

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HYPERESTHESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59649101057     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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