Itch - Mediators and mechanisms

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-96

  Schmelz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR;

CHOLESTASIS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAST CELL; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; URTICARIA;

ANTIPRURITICS; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN; PRURITUS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0036178653     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(01)00167-0     Document Type: Review

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