Facilities

The McDougall Lab is fully equipped to investigate pre-clinical arthritis pain and neurogenic inflammation. In addition to access to shared resources through our Core Facilities, we have expertise in the following research techniques:                                              

• In-vivo single unit electrophysiology
• Behavioural Pain Assessments including von Frey Hair algesiometry and dynamic incapacitance
• Blood Perfusion Measurement using LAser Speckle Contrast Analysis (LASCA)
• Measurement of Leukocyte Trafficking using Intravital Microscopy
• Immunohistochemisty
• Electron Microscopy
• Joint Histopathology