Is there a reasonable excuse for not providing post-operative analgesia when using animal models of peripheral neuropathic pain for research purposes?

• Sara Hestehave ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sara.kristensen@sund.ku.dk

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Neurodegeneration In Vivo, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-521X

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• Gordon Munro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurodegeneration In Vivo, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark, Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Glostrup, Denmark

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• Rie Christensen,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neurodegeneration In Vivo, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark

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• Tina Brønnum Pedersen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Non-Clinical Safety Research, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark

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• Lars Arvastson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biometrics, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark

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• Philip Hougaard,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biometrics, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark

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• Klas S. P. Abelson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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