Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2555181 | Life Sciences | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Recent work has indicated that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) can be used in nociception research. Genetic screening identified a gene, painless, that is required for thermal and mechanical nociception in Drosophila larvae. On the other hand, parmacological techniques and noxious heat were used to assay antinocieceptive behavior in intact adult Drosophila. In general, animal models for pain research are bound by ethical concerns. Since no serious ethical controversies have been raised regarding experiments in insects, Drosophila may be, for the time being an ethically acceptable animal model for combined genetic and pharmacological analgesia research.
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Authors
Hari Manev, Nikola Dimitrijevic,