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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:49IoN Constriction Surgery
- 05:17Facial Grooming Behavioral Test
- 06:25Analysis of the Facial Grooming Data
- 07:26The Mechanical Stimulation Test
- 09:39Post-IoN Constriction Behavioral Changes
- 10:20Conclusion
This manuscript describes a rodent model to study trigeminal neuropathic pain. The methods described include surgical procedures to perform a chronic constriction injury of the rat’s infraorbital nerve and the post-surgical behavioral tests to measure the changes in spontaneous and evoked behavior that are indicative of persistent pain and allodynia.
