Use of the Rat Grimace Scale to Evaluate Visceral Pain in a Model of Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis
The rat grimace scale (RGS) is a measure of spontaneous pain that evaluates pain response. The ability to characterize pain through a non-invasive method has considerable utility for numerous animal models of disease, including mucositis, a painful, self-limiting side-effect of chemotherapy treatmen...
Main Authors: | Rebecca P. George, Gordon S. Howarth, Alexandra L. Whittaker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-09-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/9/678 |
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