Assessment of chronic trigeminal neuropathic pain by the orofacial operant test in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Cha, Myeounghoon ^a   Kohan, Kevin J ^a   Zuo, Xiaozhuo ^a,b   Ling, Jennifer X ^a   Gu, Jianguo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral assessment; Cold allodynia; Mechanical allodynia; Operant behavior; Trigeminal neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC TRIGEMINAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MILK; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACIAL PAIN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84863448197     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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