Itch and the brain

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-265

  Pfab, Florian ^a,b   Valet, M ^c   Napadow, V ^a   Tolle T R ^c   Behrendt, H ^d   Ring, J ^b,d   Darsow, U ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology and Allergy ^*  (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; TEMPERATURE;

BRAIN; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRURITUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871683156     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: 16622898     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/00033652913     Document Type: Article

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