UVB Radiation Model of Inflammatory Pain 

Irradiation of skin using Ultraviolet B (UVB) light has been characterized as a model of inflammatory pain in both human and rat subjects, making it a useful translational pharmacodynamic pain model to characterize analgesic effects of novel therapeutics (Bishop et...

6-OHDA lesion in mice – a model of Parkinson’s Disease

The 6-Hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion model of Parkinson’s Disease employs unilateral striatal stereotaxic injection of 6-OHDA, a neurotoxin, into the brain to selectively destroy dopaminergic neurons. This process replicates features of Parkinson’s Disease, such as...