1. Comparison of manual and automated filaments for evaluation of neuropathic pain behavior in rats.
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Nirogi R, Goura V, Shanmuganathan D, Jayarajan P, and Abraham R
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- Animals, Calibration, Disease Models, Animal, Hindlimb, Hyperalgesia diagnosis, Hyperalgesia etiology, Hyperalgesia physiopathology, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Ligation, Male, Neuralgia physiopathology, Neuralgia psychology, Pain Threshold psychology, Peripheral Nerve Injuries physiopathology, Peripheral Nerve Injuries psychology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Sciatic Nerve injuries, Sciatic Nerve surgery, Spinal Nerves injuries, Spinal Nerves surgery, Behavior, Animal physiology, Neuralgia diagnosis, Pain Measurement instrumentation, Pain Measurement methods, Pain Threshold physiology, Peripheral Nerve Injuries diagnosis
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Introduction: The most commonly used Von Frey filaments are productive in evaluating behavioral responses of neuropathic pain in preclinical and clinical research. To reduce the potential experimenter bias, automated instruments are being developed for behavioral assessment. In preclinical research, neuropathic pain models of nerve injury with varied etiology like partial sciatic nerve ligation (PNL), chronic constricted injury (CCI) and spinal nerve ligation (SNL) are employed to screen the analgesic drugs to treat symptoms like allodynia and hyperalgesia. The current study was aimed to validate and compare conventionally used Von Frey monofilaments and automated dynamic plantar aesthesiometer using three different pain models., Methods: PNL, CCI and SNL rats were used to compare and validate the assessment of neuropathic pain using Von Frey monofilaments and automated dynamic plantar aesthesiometer., Results: Mechanical allodynia was assessed at various time points to mimic drug testing conditions in neuropathic pain models and anticipated to observe reliable and reproducible paw withdrawal threshold measurements across these models. Consistent paw withdrawal thresholds were observed in all the three models of neuropathic pain with Von Frey monofilaments, whereas variable paw withdrawal thresholds were noticed in PNL and CCI models but not in SNL model with dynamic plantar aesthesiometer., Discussion: Manually used Von Frey filaments can be used in assessment of mechanical allodynia in all the three models, whereas dynamic plantar aesthesiometer is suitable for assessing mechanical allodynia in SNL but not in PNL and CCI models. The reason for variable paw withdrawal thresholds during assessment of mechanical allodynia in PNL and CCI models with dynamic plantar aesthesiometer may be due to the paw deformity and change in foot posture., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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