Tests and models of nociception and pain in rodents

Neuroscience

Volumn 211, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-50

  Barrot, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Model; Nociception; Pain; Rodents; Test

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARRAGEENAN; FREUND ADJUVANT; GABAPENTIN; KAOLIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZYMOSAN;

ALLODYNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL CODING SCALE; HABITUATION; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TAIL FLICK TEST; VOCALIZATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; WRITHING TEST;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RODENTIA;

EID: 84860647699     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.12.041     Document Type: Review

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