The formalin test: A tonic pain model in the primate
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 20 (1), 97-105
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(84)90815-7
Abstract
The formalin test was 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 objectivity, validity, reproducibility and quantifiability. The analgesic effects of morphine and pethidine were evaluated.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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