# The plantar surface of hind paw

**URL:** <https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/the-plantar-surface-of-hind-paw/1039>\
**Category:** Experimental Techniques\
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/the-plantar-surface-of-hind-paw/1039 "2022-12-07T16:05:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![wutian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@wutian](https://forum.painresearcher.net/u/wutian)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/the-plantar-surface-of-hind-paw/1039/1 "2022-12-07T16:05:01Z")

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can someone tell me where is the mid-planter surface of mouse hind paw.it will be better if there has picture

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**Author:** ![achamess](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.painresearcher.net/achamess/32/534_2.png) [@achamess](https://forum.painresearcher.net/u/achamess)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.painresearcher.net/t/the-plantar-surface-of-hind-paw/1039/2 "2023-01-11T13:53:04Z")

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This is rat, but I consider this portion here between the footpads the location where I want to apply a stimulus such as von Frey or pin. If for some reason you truly wanted the middle of the paw, you could go where that red line is.

 ![441_2021_3525_Fig1_HTML](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/painresearcher/original/1X/ae453a965fed8f40eab39c4f5199ce6906dc5269.png)

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