Significant differences in central imaging of histamine-induced itch between atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 834-841

  Schneider, Gudrun ^a   Ständer, Sonja ^a   Burgmer, Markus ^a   Driesch, Georg ^a   Heuft, Gereon ^a   Weckesser, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Itch; Itch scratch circle; Neuroimaging; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GYRUS CINGULI; HAND; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRURITUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 48449092252     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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