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Characterization of mouse orofacial pain and the effects of lesioning TRPV1-expressing neurons on operant behavior

John K Neubert1,4,5 email, Christopher King1 email, Wendi Malphurs1 email, Fong Wong3 email, James P Weaver1 email, Alan C Jenkins1 email, Heather L Rossi1,4 email and Robert M Caudle2,4,5 email

Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Department of Oral Surgery, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Molecular Pain 2008, 4:43doi:10.1186/1744-8069-4-43

Published: 1 October 2008

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Additional file 1:

Movie showing a hairless SKH1-Hrhr mouse testing itself on the operant orofacial device. This movie demonstrates the ease of testing a mouse in an investigator-independent fashion using the operant orofacial device. Note the technician placing the mouse in the testing box at the beginning of the video – this is the last time the technician interacts with the animal during the trial. At ~16 sec, the animal initiates the first successful contact with the thermode and reward bottle. We pan to the computer at ~31 sec to illustrate the online recordings (top trace = reward licking signal; bottom trace = stimulus thermode signal), and at ~43 sec, we demonstrate how the uncompressed, high-speed acquisition signal appears. Please note that each peak on the top trace represents a single lick.

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