Deletion of the preprotachykinin A gene in mice does not reduce scratching behavior elicited by intradermal serotonin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-76

  Cuellar, Jason M ^a   Jinks, Steven L ^b   Simons, Christopher T ^a   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Itch; Mouse; Preprotachykinin A gene; Scratching behavior; Serotonin; Substance P

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PREPROTACHYKININ; PREPROTACHYKININ A; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREPROTACHYKININ A GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0345701545     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01458-1     Document Type: Article

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