Spared nerve injury rats exhibit thermal hyperalgesia on an automated operant dynamic thermal escape Task

• Main Authors: Chialvo Dante R (Author), Calvo Oscar (Author), Baliki Marwan (Author), Apkarian A Vania (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2005-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Well-established methods are available to measure thermal and mechanical sensitivity in awake behaving rats. However, they require experimenter manipulations and tend to emphasize reflexive behaviors. Here we introduce a new behavioral test, with which we examine...