A new automated method of pain scoring in the formalin test in rats

1 July 1997

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain

Vol. 71 (3) , 265-270
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(97)03366-6

Abstract

The formalin test is a valuable tool widely used in animal pain studies. We offer a new automated technique based on continuous recording of movements of animals injected in a hindpaw with formalin (5%). This method, based on image processing, allows the discrimination of specific pain-induc

Keywords

FORMALIN TEST
AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT
DIAZEPAM
KETOPROFEN
PAIN
MORPHINE
IMAGE PROCESSING

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