title: Study of the cognitive component of nociception by the tail flick method.
abstract: The possibility of using the tail flick test as a model for studies of the cognitive component of nociception in rats was evaluated. The results were compared with the data of active avoidance test in a shuttle chamber. The results demonstrate the methodological potentialities of the tail flick test as a convenient model for training of animals in studies of the nociceptive reactions.
authors.affiliation: P. K. Anokhin Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. nikenina@mail.ru
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Nikenina
authors.forename: Yu B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Abramov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar