Abstract
This chapter discusses the modeling of human pain in rats. Topics covered include models of chronic pain, behavioral reactions, stimulus and response, requirements for models of nociception, tests based on the measurement of reaction time for escape behavior, test based on the measurement of threshold for escape behavior, and tests based on the observation of behavior.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The behavior of the laboratory rat |
Subtitle of host publication | a handbook with tests |
Editors | Ian Q. Whishaw, Bryan Kolb |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 69-80 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199863891 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195162851 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Behavioral tests
- Escape behavior
- Human pain
- Laboratory rats
- Nociception
- Pain modeling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience