Estimating efficacy and drug ED 50's using von frey thresholds: Impact of Weber's Law and log transformation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 519-523

  Mills, Charles ^a   Leblond, David ^a   Joshi, Shailen ^a   Zhu, Chang ^a   Hsieh, Gin ^a   Jacobson, Peer ^a   Meyer, Michael ^a   Decker, Michael ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ED 50; Pain; paw withdrawal threshold; von Frey filament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; VON FREY FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSATION;

EID: 84861647588     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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