Stress is not pain. Comment on Elwood and Adams (2015) ‘Electric shock causes physiological stress responses in shore crabs, consistent with prediction of pain’ | Zendy

Don Stevens | Zendy; Robert Arlinghaus | Zendy; Howard I. Browman | Zendy; Steven J. Cooke | Zendy; I. G. Cowx | Zendy; Ben K. Diggles | Zendy; Brian Key | Zendy; James D. Rose | Zendy; W. Sawynok | Zendy; Alexander Schwab | Zendy; Anne Berit Skiftesvik | Zendy; Craig A. Watson | Zendy; Clive D. L. Wynne | Zendy

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Stress is not pain. Comment on Elwood and Adams (2015) ‘Electric shock causes physiological stress responses in shore crabs, consistent with prediction of pain’

Author(s) -

Don Stevens,

Robert Arlinghaus,

Howard I. Browman,

Steven J. Cooke,

I. G. Cowx,

Ben K. Diggles,

Brian Key,

James D. Rose,

W. Sawynok,

Alexander Schwab,

Anne Berit Skiftesvik,

Craig A. Watson,

Clive D. L. Wynne

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

biology letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.596

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1744-957X

pISSN - 1744-9561

DOI - 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1006

Subject(s) - biology , shock (circulatory) , shore , stress (linguistics) , decapoda , electric shock , fight or flight response , ecology , zoology , fishery , medicine , crustacean , genetics , gene , engineering , electrical engineering , linguistics , philosophy

Elwood u0026 Adams [[1][1]] exposed Carcinus maenas to electric shocks. They reported that 6/20 unshocked crabs did not move but all (20/20) shocked crabs did move. No control crabs showed ‘extreme responses’ [1, p. 2] but 4/20 shocked crabs did. Most crabs walked (14 control and 16 shocked). When

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