PATHOLOGICAL ANIMAL MODEL SIMULTANEOUSLY DEVELOPING TESTICULAR PAIN OR DISCOMFORT BEHAVIORS AND URINARY FREQUENCY

摘要

A pathologic animal model characterized in that a pain or discomfort behavior and urinary frequency are induced by administering a stimulative substance into the testes of a small-sized mammal, and a screening method for a therapeutic agent for pelvic pain syndrome, particularly non-bacterial chronic prostatitis, which comprises administering a test substance to the pathologic animal model and measuring pain or discomfort behaviors and/or urinary frequency.