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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Lett. 2016 Dec 19;652:74–81. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.12.031

Table 1.

Sensory Outcome Measures Across Species.

Rodent Monkey Human
Von Frey filament testing Von Frey filament testing
Mechanical allodynia
measurements		 Von Frey filament testing
Light touch sensation
Pinprick sensation
Autotomy/picking
Over-grooming
Vocalization		 Autotomy/picking
Over-grooming
Vocalization		 Pain questionnaires

  • Pain type

  • Pain descriptors

  • Pain intensity

  • Pain location
Conditioned place
preference
Facial expressions
Electrical motor threshold Electrical operant escape
response		 Electrical perception threshold
Electrical vocalization
threshold		 Electrical vocalization threshold Electrical pain threshold
Cold allodynia/hyperalgesia
measurement		 Cold allodynia/hyperalgesia
measurement		 Cold detection threshold
Cold pain threshold
Heat motor threshold Heat detection thresholds
Heat vocalization threshold Heat pain thresholds