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Coding of facial expressions of pain in the laboratory mouse.
- Source :
- Nature Methods; Jun2010, Vol. 7 Issue 6, p447-449, 3p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2010
-
Abstract
- Facial expression is widely used as a measure of pain in infants; whether nonhuman animals display such pain expressions has never been systematically assessed. We developed the mouse grimace scale (MGS), a standardized behavioral coding system with high accuracy and reliability; assays involving noxious stimuli of moderate duration are accompanied by facial expressions of pain. This measure of spontaneously emitted pain may provide insight into the subjective pain experience of mice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FACIAL expression
PAIN measurement
MICE
INFANTS
ANIMALS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15487091
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nature Methods
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 50985471
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1455