A novel methodology utilizing microchip implants to monitor individual activity and body temperature for assessing knee pain in group-housed rats

Autor: Shoichi Hasegawa, Riko Yamashita, Yusuke Nakagawa, Kazumasa Miyatake, Hiroki Katagiri, Tomomasa Nakamura, Hideyuki Koga, Ichiro Sekiya, Toshitaka Yoshii, Vicki Rosen, Kunikazu Tsuji
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67024-7
Popis: Abstract The pain assessment in animals is challenging as they cannot verbally express the site and severity of pain. In this study, we tried a small implantable actimeter, “Nanotag”, to monitor spontaneous locomotor activity and body temperature in animals suffering from a chemical-induced rat knee arthritis as compared to naïve and steroid-treated rats. Nanotag could detect the decrease in locomotor activity quickly after the arthritis induction and anti-inflammation analgesic treatment by intra-articular injection of steroid significantly improved locomotor activity. These changes were in the same line with those of a conventional knee pain evaluation method (incapacitance test). Nanotag can be utilized as the non-interventional, continuous, and completely objective monitoring the amount of pain in rat knee arthritis model. This traditional yet innovative method may be universally applicable to various pain models and species, making it a worthwhile device for research across diverse fields.
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