Table 1 AWR scoring standards
From: Evaluation of two laboratory model methods for diarrheal irritable bowel syndrome
Points | Behavioral changes in rats |
|---|---|
0 | No significant behavioral changes in rats |
1 | No body movement or only simple head movement in rats |
2 | The abdominal muscles of rats started to contract |
3 | The lower abdominal wall of the rat is lifted off the bottom of the box or flattened by significant contraction |
4 | The abdominal wall of the rat is arched or with the body and pelvis bowed |