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| Title |
The Rat Grimace Scale: A Partially Automated Method for Quantifying Pain in the Laboratory Rat via Facial Expressions
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| Published in |
Molecular Pain, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-8069-7-55 |
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| Authors |
Susana G Sotocinal, Robert E Sorge, Austin Zaloum, Alexander H Tuttle, Loren J Martin, Jeffrey S Wieskopf, Josiane CS Mapplebeck, Peng Wei, Shu Zhan, Shuren Zhang, Jason J McDougall, Oliver D King, Jeffrey S Mogil |
| Abstract |
We recently demonstrated the utility of quantifying spontaneous pain in mice via the blinded coding of facial expressions. As the majority of preclinical pain research is in fact performed in the laboratory rat, we attempted to modify the scale for use in this species. We present herein the Rat Grimace Scale, and show its reliability, accuracy, and ability to quantify the time course of spontaneous pain in the intraplantar complete Freund's adjuvant, intraarticular kaolin-carrageenan, and laparotomy (post-operative pain) assays. The scale's ability to demonstrate the dose-dependent analgesic efficacy of morphine is also shown. In addition, we have developed software, Rodent Face Finder®, which successfully automates the most labor-intensive step in the process. Given the known mechanistic dissociations between spontaneous and evoked pain, and the primacy of the former as a clinical problem, we believe that widespread adoption of spontaneous pain measures such as the Rat Grimace Scale might lead to more successful translation of basic science findings into clinical application. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Japan | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 799 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 777 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 146 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 117 | 15% |
| Researcher | 96 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 81 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 41 | 5% |
| Other | 134 | 17% |
| Unknown | 184 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 158 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 110 | 14% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 92 | 12% |
| Neuroscience | 84 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 35 | 4% |
| Other | 109 | 14% |
| Unknown | 211 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 233. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2024.
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#163,600
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#2
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