Psychophysics of a nociceptive test in the mouse: Ambient temperature as a key factor for variation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Pincedé, Ivanne ^a,b   Pollin, Bernard ^a,b   Meert, Theo ^c   Plaghki, Léon ^d   Le Bars, Daniel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPONSE TIME; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MICE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84862114479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036699     Document Type: Article

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