Glucosylsphingosine induces Itch-Scratch Responses in mice

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-320

  Kim, Hyoung June ^a   Kim, Kwang Mi ^a   Noh, Minsoo ^a   Yoo, Hye Jin ^b   Lee, Chang Hoon ^c  

^a AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cyproheptadine; Glucosylsphingosine; Itch scratch response; Naltrexone

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; KETOTIFEN FUMARATE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

MUS;

EID: 77957342337     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2010.18.3.316     Document Type: Article

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