Automated Gait Analysis in Mice with Chronic Constriction InjuryDong-Wook Kang 1, Jae-Gyun Choi 1, Ji-Young Moon 2, Suk-Yun Kang 2, Yeonhee Ryu 2, Jin Bong Park 1, Hyun-Woo Kim 1,3
1Department of Physiology and Medical Science, College of Medicine and Brain Research Institute, Chungnam National University, 2KM Fundamental Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), 3Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
The precise assessment of pain response in a neuropathic animal model is critical to investigate the pathophysiology of pain diseases and develop new analgesics. We present a sensitive and objective method to determine the sensory function of the rodent hind paw by an automated gait analysis system.
