Roles of mast cells and histamine in mosquito bite-induced allergic itch-associated responses in mice

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Ohtsuka, E ^a   Kawai, S ^a   Ichikawa, T ^a   Nojima, H ^a   Kitagawa, K ^a   Shirai, Y ^a   Kamimura, K ^a   Kuraishi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histamine; Immediate allergic itch; Itch associated response; Mast cell; Mosquito bite

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SALIVA PROTEIN; TERFENADINE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSECT BITE; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SCRATCHING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0034981959     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.86.97     Document Type: Article

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