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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Masayuki Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuro Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masayuki Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuro Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Astellas Pharma, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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.