The formalin test: a tonic pain model in the primate.
Published in Pain • Sep 1, 1984
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Meenakshi Alreja
Pradeep Mutalik
Usha Nayar
Abstract
The formalin test has been used in monkeys for assessing pain. After formalin injection in the palmar surface of the hand just proximal to the base of the fingers, the monkey's responses are rated for 1 h according to objective behavioral criteria. The present 'tonic' pain model has a fair degree of...
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