THE ANIMAL MODELS OF PAIN

Abstract

According to International Association for Study of Pain, pain is uncomfortable sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain can be a warning that protects the body from possible injury and raises some answers. Also, pain is important health problem. Pain studies are importantly affected by a wide range of modulatory factors including genotype, sex and social communication. All of these factors have to be taken into account when using animal models. Key words: animal models, pain, chronic pain, inflammatory