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News Release from: Harvard Apparatus | Subject: Tail Flick Meter
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 17 May 2005
Rapidly screen analgesic drug candidates
Tail flick meter is said to be useful for detecting the effect of analgesics, assessing drug candidates, or quantifying neuropathy
This unit measures reaction to radiant energy from a light source The light beam is focused on the tail, and an optical sensor records latency when the animal flicks the tail in response to IR stimulus
Reaction time can be read directly from the display, or output data directly to a computer.
Trial number, IR intensity, and reaction time are all recorded.
The Tail Flick Meter is useful for detecting the effect of analgesics, assessing drug candidates, or quantifying neuropathy.
There are many references and publications available for this unit, says Harvard.
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