Usefulness of Current Withdrawal Threshold on Evaluation of the Neuropathic Pain in Animal Model
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
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: 117-122, 2001.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-724044
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate usefulness of the current withdrawal threshold (CWT) on evaluation of the neuropathic pain in animal model.METHOD:
Surgical neuropathy was induced in 40 Sprague-Dawley rats. Fourteen days after the surgery, neuropathic rats were evaluated by von Frey hair. The CWT was determined by various stimulus intensities which induce the tail-withdrawal response or vocalization of rats. The experimental group was compared with the control group by CWT. Then the experimental group was subdevided to two groups. The experimental group 1 was injected with beta-methasone 0.1 mg/kg, intra-peritoneally and experimental group 2 was injected with normal saline with the same amount as steroid. The CWT of two experimental subgroups were measured before and 30 minutes after injections.RESULTS:
The experimental group showed significant decrease of the CWT compared with the control group after the neuropathic pain was induced. The CWT of experimental group 1 was increased after steroid administration (p<0.01).CONCLUSION:
This preliminary study suggests that the measurement of CWT would be an useful tool to study the neuropathic pain in experimental animal model.
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Main subject:
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Models, Animal
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Hair
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Neuralgia
Limits:
Animals
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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