Site-dependent and state-dependent inhibition of pruritogen-responsive spinal neurons by scratching

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2311-2316

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a   Tominaga, Mitsutoshi ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Carstens, Earl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histamine; Itch; Mice; Pain; Superficial dorsal horn neurons

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCRATCHING; SKIN SENSATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROQUINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HISTAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; REFLEX; TOUCH;

EID: 84864820667     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08136.x     Document Type: Article

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