Absence of histamine-induced itch in the African naked mole-rat and "rescue" by Substance P

Molecular Pain

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smith, Ewan S J ^a   Blass, Gregory R C ^b   Lewin, Gary R ^a   Park, Thomas J ^b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

AFRICA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOLE RAT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; RAT; SCRATCHING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HISTAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLE RATS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 77954029994     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-6-29     Document Type: Article

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