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2-temperatures choice nociception test
The 2-temperatures choice nociception test (thermal place preference) paradigm allows working on unrestrained animals let free to choose between two compartments with different temperature.
Weight bearing test
The weight bearing test represents an unsurpassed method for assessing spontaneous pain and postural deficits in laboratory animals.
Inflammation test
The inflammation test aims to follow the evolution of the inflammatory processes experimentally induced in paws of rodents.
Randall Selitto test
The Randall-Selitto test consists in an application of a uniformly increasing pressure on the paw to assess the threshold response to pain.
Hot plate test
The hot plate test is commonly used for evaluating thermal pain sensitivity.
Tail flick test
Tail-Flick Test (D’Armour & Smith Test) is a nociceptive essay based on the measurement of the latency of the avoidance response to thermal stimulus in rodents.
Apomorphine rotation test
The apomorphine test using an rotameter has proved to be a popular test for screening the behavioral effects of a wide variety of lesions, drugs, and other experimental manipulations on the brain of rodents.
Startle response to acoustic and tactile stimulus test
The startle response is a brainstem reflex elicited by an unexpected acoustic or tactile stimulus.
Rotarod test
The rotarod is a standard test of motor coordination, balance and fatigue in rodents.
Novel object test
The novel object test is a free exploration paradigm that provides animals the opportunity to explore a novel object in a familiar environmental context.