Animal Models of Pain

With the loss of work days, the price of health care and payments for compensation, litigation, and malpractice, and the overwhelming cost of human suffering, chronic pain syndromes affect humanity enormously on both an economic and personal level. In Ani

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Animal Models of Pain Edited by

Chao Ma Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Jun-Ming Zhang Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Editors Chao Ma, MD Department of Anesthesiology Yale University School of Medicine Cedar Street 333 06520-8051 New Haven Connecticut TMP 3 USA [email protected]

Jun-Ming Zhang, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Albert Sabin Way 231 45267-0531 Cincinnati Ohio USA [email protected]

ISSN 0893-2336 e-ISSN 1940-6045 ISBN 978-1-60761-879-9 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-880-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-880-5 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010935806 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or ­dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, ­neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface to the Series Under the guidance of its founders Alan Boulton and Glen Baker, the Neuromethods series by Humana Press has been very successful since the first volume appeared in 1985. In about 17 years, 37 volumes have been published. In 2006, Springer Science + Business Media made a renewed commitment to this series. The new program will focus on methods that are either unique to the nervous system and excitable cells or which need special consideration to be applied to the neurosciences. The program will strike a balance between recent and exciting developments like those concerning new animal models of disease, imaging, in  vivo methods, and more established techniques. These include immuno­ cytochemistry and electrophysiological technologies. New trainees in neurosciences still need a sound footing in these older methods in order to apply a critical approac