Santa Catarina State University

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Immunology and Infection

Electronic von Frey associated with the Mouse Grimace Scale to Assess Allodynia and Pain in Trypanosoma evansi-Infected Mice

Daniel Sérgio Cipriani¹, Gabriela Kaiser Borges², Luiz Claudio Miletti², Amanda Leite Bastos-Pereira^2,3

¹Residency Program in Veterinary Medicine, Santa Catarina State University, ²Multicenter Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Santa Catarina State University, ³Federal University of Santa Catarina

Here, we present a protocol to evaluate nociception in mice infected with Trypanosoma evansi, using the electronic von Frey apparatus as a tool, measuring mechanical thresholds of the hind paw and viscera.