We are measuring perigenital mechanical sensitivity and mast cell activation in the prostate of male C57BL/6 mice that underwent an early life stress paradigm – neonatal maternal separation, in order to induce a preclinical model of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
Fuentes, I. M., Pierce, A. N., O'Neil, P. T., Christianson, J. A. Assessment of Perigenital Sensitivity and Prostatic Mast Cell Activation in a Mouse Model of Neonatal Maternal Separation. J. Vis. Exp. (102), e53181, doi:10.3791/53181 (2015).