The Rat Grimace Scale: A partially automated method for quantifying pain in the laboratory rat via facial expressions

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sotocinal, Susana G ^a   Sorge, Robert E ^a   Zaloum, Austin ^a   Tuttle, Alexander H ^a   Martin, Loren J ^a   Wieskopf, Jeffrey S ^a   Mapplebeck, Josiane C S ^a   Wei, Peng ^b   Zhan, Shu ^c   Zhang, Shuren ^c   McDougall, Jason J ^c   King, Oliver D ^b   Mogil, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; FREUND ADJUVANT; KAOLIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ACCURACY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT GRIMACE SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ANIMAL; LABORATORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; LABORATORIES; MICE; MORPHINE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960852624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-55     Document Type: Article

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