Dorsal horn neurons expressing NK-1 receptors mediate scratching in rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Carstens, Earl E ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Simons, Christopher T ^c   Jinks, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Givaudan Roure Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Itch; Scratching; Serotonin; Substance P saporin; Superficial dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; P CONJUGATED SAPORIN; SAPORIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 76849108406     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328337310a     Document Type: Article

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