title: [Experimental models in research].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to collect the main classifications of experimental research models and their possible applications in experimental research. Literature search was done using the most important data bank available on the internet (PUBMED, MEDLINE, SCIELO, LILACS, COCHRANE). A compilation of the experimental studies developed at the Plastic Surgery Post Graduate Program of the Federal University of São Paulo/Paulista School of Medicine was also done. Animals models were classified regarding sanitary and genotypical status. The understanding of the main classifications of the research experimental models is essential to improve and confirm procedures and techniques already described as well as the development of new ones.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cirurgia Plástica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. lydia.dcir@epm.br
authors.forename: Lydia Masako
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hochman
authors.forename: Marcus Vinícius Jardini
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D002102:Cadaver; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological