Thermal latency studies in opiate-treated mice

• Main Authors: Noam Schildhaus (Author), Eliana Trink (Author), Chirs Polson (Author), Louis DeTolla (Author), Betty M Tyler (Author), George I Jallo (Author), Sino Tok (Author), Michael Guarnieri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The change in the reaction time of a tail or paw exposed to a thermal stimulus is a measure of nociceptive activity in laboratory animals. Tail-flick and plantar thermal sensitivity (Hargreaves) tests are non-invasive, minimize stress, and can be used to screen animals for phenotype and...