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US 2009/0214426 A1Published application
Assay Method
OwnerLaura Corradini, Mark John Fieldinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is related to the field of pharmacy. The present invention more particularly discloses a method of determining the emotional, sensory, physiological, social and cognitive effects of a pain condition in a non human animal and further discloses a method for preclinically identifying pharmaceutical therapeutics which improve the emotional, sensory, physiological, social and cognitive effects associated with a pain condition in a non human animal.
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An assay comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a non human test animal which has been arranged to experience a pain condition,
- (b) determining the degree to which the test animal experiences pain,
- (c) determining whether the test animal experiences pain or physical impairment not associated with the pain condition and selecting the test animal if the pain is associated predominantly with the pain condition,
- (d) determining a performance score for the selected test animal in one or more behavioural tests,
- (e) determining whether the selected test animal demonstrates an increase, decrease or no change in performance score compared to the performance score obtained for a control animal.
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