Burn Injury-Induced Pain and Depression-Like Behavior in MiceJae-Gyun Choi *1, Dong-Wook Kang *1, Jaehyuk Kim 1, Miae Lee 1, Sheu-Ran Choi 2, Jin Bong Park 1, Hyun-Woo Kim 1
1Department of Physiology and Medical Science, College of Medicine and Brain Research Institute, Chungnam National University, 2Department of Pharmacology, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine
A transient scald injury (65 °C ± 0.5 °C, 3 s) of one hind paw decreases the threshold (g) to von Frey filament stimulation of the ipsilateral side and alters gait pattern. Besides, burn injury induces depression-like behavior in the forced swimming test.
