تاثير نگهداري انفرادي بر احساس درد احشايي در موش آزمايشگاهي

Effects of individual housing on visceral pain sensa¬tion in mice

Individual housing can induce physiological and behavioral changes on domestic and laboratory animals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of individual housing on visceral pain sensitivity. Mice were separated for 4 weeks until pain testing began. Their visceral pain sensitivity was compared to the group housed mice. Both male and female single-housed mice showed significantly reduced visceral pain sensitivity, but results showed that the reduction of pain was greater in individually-housed male mice. We could conclude that individual housing has effects on pain sensation in mice.