The animal is placed on the surface as a foot pedal is pressed to start a clock. The observer presses the foot pedal again when the animal makes a stereotyped paw lick response to the pain. Reaction time is measured in steps of 1/10 sec. This latency is strongly affected by analgesic drugs.

The 55075 comes with a restraining cylinder for rats and mice, a manual, and a power cord.

Ugo Basile Analgesia Hot Plate
The Conventional Hot Plate can carry out a rapid precise screening of narcotic type analgesic drugs (morphine, codeine, etc.) according to the well known method devised by N. B. Eddy and D. Leinnack which now is called the Hot Plate test.

Ugo Basile, Innovative Cold Plate
Recent research has provided information demonstrating that receptors respond differently to “cold” pain compared to “hot” pain. These novel receptors release chemicals in response to cold stimulation only. These neurons are present in both the central and peripheral nervous system. The new Hot/Cold plate provides a greater range of temperatures in order to determine pain responses to either hot or cold. Cold plate testing could be useful in studying unique and novel responses by receptors in both mice and rats.

New Software Included for easy experiment configuration!