Tail Flick Test
behavioralmouseFour inbred reference strains: C57BL/6J, C3HeB/FeJ, BALB/cByJ, 129S2/SvPas
Objective: Assessment of nociceptive pain response through measurement of tail withdrawal latency from a heat source
Materials & Equipment Checklist
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Protocol Steps
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Tail flick test administration
Conduct tail flick test as part of standard operating procedures to assess nociceptive pain response
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Note: Test was conducted as part of a cross-laboratory validation study involving five research centers across France, Germany, Italy, and the UK
View evidence from paper
“tail flick tests, generated reproducible results between laboratories for a number of the test output parameters”