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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2013 Mar 21;78(1):138–151. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.01.030

Table 1.

Quantification of heat, mechanical and cold behavioral assays.

Behavior Male Female
HEAT
Tail Immersion (46.5°C) Latency to Flick (s)
  Pre-Saline 16.9 ± 1.3 18.4 ± 1.4
  Post-Saline 13.6 ± 1.5 16.7 ± 1.6
  Pre-DTX 17.5 ± 1.4 17.6 ± 1.7
  Post-DTX 30.0 ± 2.7** 29.4 ± 3.5*

Tail Immersion (49°C) Latency to Flick (s)
  Pre-Saline 5.3 ± 0.4 6.1 ± 0.3
  Post-Saline 4.5 ± 0.4 5.8 ± 0.5
  Pre-DTX 5.7 ± 0.4 5.8 ± 0.3
  Post-DTX 13.6 ± 2.1** 17.3 ± 1.7***

Hot Plate (52°C) Withdrawal Latency (s)
  Pre-Saline 14.6 ± 1.6 17.2 ± 1.6
  Post-Saline 15.6 ± 2.0 15.0 ± 1.3
  Pre-DTX 14.6 ± 2.1 18.0 ± 1.5
  Post-DTX 35.9 ± 3.5*** 37.1 ± 3.3***

Capsaicin Time Spent Licking (s)
  Saline 42.3 ± 3.9 49.8 ± 1.9
  DTX 18.5 ± 5.4** 24.7 ± 5.4**

Mechanical
Tail Clip Latency to Bite Clip (s)
  Saline 5.7 ± 1.5 3.7 ± 0.9
  DTX 8.2 ± 2.0 4.1 ± 0.4

Cotton Swab Paw Withdrawal Frequency (%)
  Saline 34.3 ± 7.2 56 ± 7.5
  DTX 51.3 ± 10.1 49 ± 5.5

COLD
Acetone Time Spent Licking (s)
  Pre-Saline 6.4 ± 1.0 7.1 ± 0.6
  Post-Saline 4.9 ± 0.7 7.6 ± 1.0
  Pre-DTX 6.0 ± 0.9 5.8 ± 0.5
  Post-DTX 10.9 ± 2.0* 13.0 ± 1.5**

Tail Immersion (−10°C) Latency to Flick (s)
  Pre-Saline 48.2 ± 6.1 39.6 ± 3.1
  Post-Saline 40.9 ± 5.3 37.8 ± 6.9
  Pre-DTX 56.0 ± 6.4 40.1 ± 3.7
  Post-DTX 26.3 ± 4.6** 28.6 ± 4.3*

Icilin Number of Flinches
  Saline 10.9 ± 1.6 15 ± 1.2
  DTX 20.3 ± 1.7** 25 ± 3.4*

Cold Plantar Assay Withdrawal Latency (s)
  Pre-Saline 12.7 ± 0.8 10.4 ± 0.8
  Post-Saline 12.4 ± 0.5 10.5 ± 0.6
  Pre-DTX 11.3 ± 0.6 10.6 ± 0.6
  Post-DTX 8.8 ± 0.4** 8.4 ± 0.4**

n=6–26 mice/group,

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.005,

***

p<0.0005.