Impact of scratching on itch and sympathetic reflexes induced by cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) and histamine

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Kosteletzky, Frauke ^a   Namer, Barbara ^a   Forster, Clemens ^a   Handwerker, Hermann O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon reflex flare; Cowhage; Histamine; Itching; Pruritus; Vasoconstrictor reflexes

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCRATCHING; SKIN SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; VASOCONSTRICTION; VELVET BEAN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUCUNA; PRURITUS; REFLEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 66749104438     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0624     Document Type: Article

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