A new chronic itch model accompanied by skin lesions in hairless mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1609-1615

  Ueda, Yuhki ^a   Inoue, Toshio ^a   Rahman, Md Ashequr ^a   Yatsuzuka, Rie ^a   Jiang, Shuishi ^a   Kamei, Chiaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Hairless mice; Itch; Scratching behavior; TNCB

Indexed keywords

3 [3,5 BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZYLOXY] 2 PHENYLPIPERIDINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYSERGIDE MALEATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; PICRYL CHLORIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SEROTONIN 2A ANTAGONIST; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHING; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; PICRYL CHLORIDE; PRURITUS;

EID: 33747047910     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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