Can a serotonin type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist reduce experimentally-induced itch?

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Weisshaar, E ^a   Ziethen, B ^a   Gollnick, H ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloknesis; Pruritus; Serotonin; Serotonin type 3 receptor antagonist; Tropisetron

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; HISTAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MAST CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS;

ADULT; CETIRIZINE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INDOLES; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PRURITUS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030709263     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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