Differential itch- and pain-related behavioral responses and μ-opioid modulation in mice

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 575-581

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Carstens, Earl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algogen; Itch; Mouse; Pain; Pruritogen; Scratch; Wipe

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FORELIMB; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; IRRITANTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUCUNA; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PRURITUS; RECEPTOR, PAR-2; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RECEPTORS, THROMBIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049487522     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0962     Document Type: Article

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