Involvement of histamine H 4 and H 1 receptors in scratching induced by histamine receptor agonists in BalbC mice

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 374-380

  Bell, J K ^a   McQueen, D S ^a   Rees, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H 1 receptor; H 3 receptor; H 4 receptor; Histamine; Itch; Mouse; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CLOBENPROPIT; DIMAPRIT; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONIST; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE TRIFLUOROMETHYLTOLUIDINE; IMETIT; MEPYRAMINE; TERFENADINE; THIOPERAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HRH4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INJECTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRATCHING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1;

EID: 2942530381     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705754     Document Type: Article

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