Mechanisms of itch evoked by β-alanine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 14532-14537

  Liu, Qin ^a,c   Sikand, Parul ^b   Ma, Chao ^b   Tang, Zongxiang ^a   Han, Liang ^a   Li, Zhe ^a   Sun, Shuohao ^a   LaMotte, Robert H ^b   Dong, Xinzhong ^a  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MRGPRD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867605840     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3509-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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