Acute and Chronic Tactile Sensory Testing after Spinal Cord Injury in RatsMegan Ryan Detloff 1,2, Lesley C. Fisher 1, Rochelle J. Deibert 1, D. Michele Basso 1
1Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, School of Allied Medical Professions, The Ohio State University, 2Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College of Medicine
We describe two tactile sensory testing methods for acute or chronic periods of spinal cord injury in rats. These validated procedures can detect the development and maintenance of allodynia-like sensations.
