In the next step, the effect of PEA-LUT therapy on pain sensitivity was tested by subjecting mice to hotplate testing and recording latency to a response.
Eight different topographical parameters were then computed for each component map in each individual recording: latency at first onset, duration, global explained variance (GEV), latency at best SC, mean SC, maximum of GFP, latency at maximum of GFP and mean GFP.
Rmax (µV) is the saturated amplitude of the PIII, S (sensitivity) represents the gain of the phototransduction process (m2.cd−1.s−3) and td (seconds) is a delay that accounts for biochemical and recording latencies following stimulation.
An infrared beam recorded latency of tail movement at which point the light was terminated.
Quail were placed individually in the middle of a wire-netting cylinder (120 cm diameter ×62 cm height) on a linoleum floor, for 5 min. Hidden behind a black curtain with an observation window, the experimenter recorded latency of first step, comfort activities and active and passive fear behaviours.
After a 1-min acclimation period, the ring was lifted and the time until the fish left the start compartment was recorded ("latency" from hereon).
Stomach cancer was significantly elevated in workers first exposed after 1970 and with >10 years recorded latency (SMR=1.43, 95% CI=1.05 1.89); smokers and, to a lesser extent, ex-smokers were shown to be at increased risk.
For each subject within each test, we recorded latency and frequency of four distinctive behavioural parameters: being in proximity (movement around item within 0.5 m), approach (directed movement towards item within 0.5 m), touch (less than 3 s) and manipulation (more than 3 s) with the experiment item.
Since each um, silence, or tone was 1078 ms long, in all experiments the target onset in both conditions occurred 2297 ms after the utterance onset, and 2297 ms was accordingly subtracted from all recorded latencies.
Recorded latencies revealed a linear relationship between response time and distance between arrow and dot, such that the greater the distance, the longer it took participants to scan their mental image.
The antinociceptive response was assessed by recording the latency in a tail-flick test.
