Enhanced responses of lumbar superficial dorsal horn neurons to intradermal PAR-2 agonist but not histamine in a mouse hindpaw dry skin itch model

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2811-2817

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intradermal; Protease activated receptor

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRY SKIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; HYPERKINESIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PRURITUS; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACETONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPRURITICS; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTAMINE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, PROTEINASE-ACTIVATED; SEROTONIN; SOLVENTS; SPINAL CORD; WATER;

EID: 79959328345     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01124.2010     Document Type: Article

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