A role for nociceptive, myelinated nerve fibers in itch sensation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 14841-14849

  Ringkamp, Matthias ^a   Schepers, Raf J ^a   Shimada, Steven G ^b   Johanek, Lisa M ^a   Hartke, Timothy V ^a   Borzan, Jasenka ^a   Shim, Beom ^a   la Motte, Robert H ^b   Meyer, Richard A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELVET BEAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPHYSICS; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MUCUNA; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRESSURE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054732026     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3005-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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