Neuroselective transcutaneous electric stimulation reveals body area-specific differences in itch perception

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 996-1002

  Ozawa, Maki ^a   Tsuchiyama, Kenichiro ^a   Gomi, Rumiko ^a   Kurosaki, Fumio ^a   Kawamoto, Yuji ^b   Aiba, Setsuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOME; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND PALM; HEAD; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NECK; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NECK; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAIN; PRURITUS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL NERVES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33750808971     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.08.032     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Staender S., Steinhoff M., Schmelz M., Weisshaar E., Metze D., and Luger T. Neurophysiology of pruritus. Arch Dermatol 139 (2003) 1463-1470
2. Schmelz M., Schmidt R., Weidner C., Hilliges M., Torebjork H., and Handwerker H. Chemical response pattern of different classes of C-nociceptors to pruritogens and algogens. J Neurophysiol 89 (2003) 2441-2448
3. Magerl W., Westerman R., Mohner B., and Handwerker H. Properties of transdermal histamine iontophoresis: differential effects of season, gender, and body region. J Invest Dermatol 94 (1990) 347-352
4. Schmelz M., Schmidt R., Bickel A., Handwerker H., and Torebjork H. Specific C-receptor for itch in human skin. J Neurosci 17 (1997) 8003-8008
5. Shelley W., and Arthur R. The neurohistology and neurophysiology of the itch sensation in man. Arch Dermatol 76 (1957) 296-323
6. Edwards A., Shellow W., Wright E., and Dignam T. Pruritic skin diseases, psychological stress, and the itch sensation. A reliable method for the induction of experimental pruritus. Arch Dermatol 112 (1976) 339-343
7. Tuckett R. Itch evoked by electrical stimulation of the skin. J Invest Dermatol 79 (1982) 368-373
8. Ikoma A., Fartasch M., Heyer G., Miyachi Y., Handwerker H., and Schmelz M. Painful stimuli evoke itch in patients with chronic pruritus: central sensitization for itch. Neurology 62 (2004) 212-217
9. Masson E., Fernando V., and Boulton A. Current perception thresholds: a new, quick, and reproducible method for the assessment of peripheral neuropathy in diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 32 (1989) 724-728
10. Masson E., and Boulton A. The Neurometer: validation and comparison with conventional tests for diabetic neuropathy. Diabet Med 8 (1991) S63-S66
11. Medicine AAoE. Technology review: The Neurometer. Current perception threshold (CPT). Muscle Nerve 22 (1999) 523-531
12. Pitei D., Watkins P., Stevens M., and Edmonds M. The value of the Neurometer in assessing diabetic neuropathy by measurement of the current perception threshold. Diabet Med 11 (1994) 872-876
13. Liu S., Kopacz D., and Carpenter R. Quantitative assessment of differential sensory nerve block after lidocaine spinal anesthesia. Anesthesiology 82 (1995) 60-63
14. Prendergast J.J., Miranda G., and Sanchez M. Improvement of sensory impairment in patients with peripheral neuropathy. Endocr Pract 10 (2004) 24-30
15. Matsutomo R., Takebayashi K., and Aso Y. Assessment of peripheral neuropathy using measurement of the current perception threshold with the neurometer in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Int Med Res 33 (2005) 442-453
16. Radwan I.A., Saito S., and Goto F. High-concentration tetracaine for the management of trigeminal neuralgia: quantitative assessment of sensory function after peripheral nerve block. Clin J Pain 17 (2001) 323-326
17. Liem E.B., Joiner T.V., Tsueda K., and Sessler D.I. Increased sensitivity to thermal pain and reduced subcutaneous lidocaine efficacy in redheads. Anesthesiology 102 (2005) 509-514
18. Katims J., Naviasky E., Ng L., Rendell M., and Bleecker M. New screening device for assessment of peripheral neuropathy. J Occup Med 28 (1986) 1219-1221
19. Koga K., Furue H., Rashid M., Takaki A., Katafuchi T., and Yoshimura M. Selective activation of primary afferent fibers evaluated by sine-wave electrical stimulation. Mol Pain 1 (2005) 13
20. Ikoma A., Handwerker H., Miyachi Y., and Schmelz M. Electrically evoked itch in humans. Pain 113 (2005) 148-154
21. Zahn S., Leis S., Schick C., Schmelz M., and Birklein F. No alpha-adrenoreceptor-induced C-fiber activation in healthy human skin. J Appl Physiol 96 (2004) 1380-1384
22. Krishnan S.T., and Rayman G. The LDIflare: a novel test of C-fiber function demonstrates early neuropathy in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 27 (2004) 2930-2935
23. Schmelz M., Michael K., Weidner C., Schmidt R., Torebjork H.E., and Handwerker H.O. Which nerve fibers mediate the axon reflex flare in human skin?. Neuroreport 11 (2000) 645-648
24. Schmidt R., Schmelz M., Forster C., Ringkamp M., Torebjork E., and Handwerker H. Novel classes of responsive and unresponsive C nociceptors in human skin. J Neurosci 15 (1995) 333-341
25. Ikoma A., Rukwied R., Stander S., Steinhoff M., Miyachi Y., and Schmelz M. Neurophysiology of pruritus. Arch Dermatol 139 (2003) 1475-1478
26. Nilsson H.J., Levinsson A., and Schouenborg J. Cutaneous field stimulation (CFS): a new powerful method to combat itch. Pain 71 (1997) 49-55
27. Rukwied R., Zeck S., Schmelz M., and McGlone F. Sensitivity of human scalp skin to pruritic stimuli investigated by intradermal microdialysis in vivo. J Am Acad Dermatol 47 (2002) 245-250
28. Kobayashi H., Kikuchi K., Tsubono T., and Tagami H. Measurement of electrical current perception threshold of sensory nerves for pruritus in atopic dermatitis patients and normal individuals with various degrees of mild damage to the stratum corneum. Dermatology 206 (2003) 204-211
29. Tobin D., Nabarro G., Baart de la Faille H., van Vloten W.A., van der Putte S.C., and Schuurman H.J. Increased number of immunoreactive nerve fibers in atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 90 (1992) 613-622
30. Nordlind K., Chin L.B., Ahmed A.A., Brakenhoff J., Theodorsson E., and Liden S. Immunohistochemical localization of interleukin-6-like immunoreactivity to peripheral nerve-like structures in normal and inflamed human skin. Arch Dermatol Res 288 (1996) 431-435
31. Sugiura H., Omoto M., Hirota Y., Danno Y., and Uehara M. Density and fine structure of peripheral nerves in various skin lesions of atopic dermatitis. Arch Dermatol Res 289 (1997) 125-131
32. Urashima R., and Mihara M. Cutaneous nerves in atopic dermatitis. A histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study. Virchows Arch 432 (1998) 363-370