The influence of housing condition on autotomy following dorsal rhizotomy in rats
Authors:
- Doreen BermanDBDoreen Berman
- Barbara E. RodinBRBarbara E. Rodin
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 13 (3) , 307-311
Abstract
Forty-four rats were subjected to unilateral intradural section of dorsal roots T13-L6. Of these, 10 were housed alone and 34 were housed with female rats. Each of the 10 animals housed alone-self-mutilated to an extreme degree, with 7 cannibalizing the denervated limb. Only of the animals housed with a female showed any sign of self-biting, and this was a minor, isolated incident. These results are discussed with particular reference to dorsal rhizotomy in rats serving as a model of chronic pain.Keywords
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