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Area of Science:

  • Animal behavior research
  • Pain assessment methodologies
  • Rodent models in medicine

Background:

  • Behavioral pain assessment in rodent models is time-consuming, limiting research scope.
  • Facial expressions, like the mouse grimace scale (MGS), offer a reliable pain assessment tool.
  • Increasing interest exists in using MGS for cage-side clinical assessment of mouse pain.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess variability in baseline MGS scores across mouse cohorts, sexes, and strains.
  • To determine if a consistent baseline MGS score can be established for clinical use.
  • To evaluate differences in MGS scoring based on live observation versus retrospective image analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of baseline mouse grimace scale (MGS) scores.
  • Comparison of MGS scores between different sexes and strains of mice.
  • Evaluation of scoring methods: live observation versus retrospective analysis of still images.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences in baseline MGS scores were observed between male and female mice (males > females).
  • Baseline MGS scores also varied significantly between different mouse strains.
  • Live scoring of MGS yielded significantly lower scores compared to retrospective scoring from images.

Conclusions:

  • Baseline MGS scores are not consistently zero and show significant variability.
  • Sex, strain, and scoring method (live vs. image) impact baseline MGS scores.
  • Further research is crucial to establish reliable baseline MGS scores for specific mouse strains and sexes, considering the scoring method, before clinical implementation.