# Methods Used to Evaluate Pain Behaviors in Rodents

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**Created:** [December 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/methods-used-to-evaluate-pain-behaviors-in-rodents/371 "2017-12-28T14:42:52Z")\
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> **[Methods Used to Evaluate Pain Behaviors in Rodents](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00284/full)**
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> Rodents are commonly used to study the pathophysiological mechanisms of pain as studies in humans may be difficult to perform and ethically limited. As pain cannot be directly measured in rodents, many methods that quantify “pain-like” behaviors or...

Nice review here on methods for testing pain in rodents. Good for newcomers and experienced researchers alike.