A transient unresponsive state of self-scratching behaviour is induced in mice by skin-scratching stimulation

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 737-745

  Yamaoka, Junichi ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Self scratching behaviour; Skin scratching; Substance P signalling; Unresponsive state

Indexed keywords

2 BENZHYDRYL 3 (2 IODOBENZYLAMINO)QUINUCLIDINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CAPSAICIN; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHOSPHORAMIDON; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRURITUS; QUINUCLIDINES; SELF STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 34547895902     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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