Itch signaling in the nervous system

Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-292

  Jeffry, Joseph ^a   Kim, Seungil ^a   Chen, Zhou Feng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80051605343     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00007.2011     Document Type: Review

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