Distinct patterns of brain activity evoked by histamine-induced itch reveal an association with itch intensity and disease severity in atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1072-1080

  Ishiuji, Y ^a,d   Coghill, R C ^b   Patel, T S ^a   Oshiro, Y ^b   Kraft, R A ^c   Yosipovitch, G ^a,d  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b Ctr Investigative Neurosci Ctr N   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Arterial spin labelling; Atopic dermatitis; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Histamine; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71949090606     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09308.x     Document Type: Article

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