A topical mixture for preventing, abolishing, and treating autophagia and self-mutilation in laboratory rats

The dysesthesia and paresthesia that occurs in laboratory rats after spinal cord injury and peripheral nerve injury results in autophagia and self-mut ilation, This self-destructive behavior interferes with functional assessme nts in designed studies and jeopardizes the health of the injured rat. We d eveloped a topical mixture that prevents, abolishes, and treats autophagia and self-mutilation, When the mixture is applied to the limb, its bitternes s effectively prevents the rat from licking and biting the limb. in additio n, the mixture has antiseptic properties.