Monkey see, monkey do: Contagious itch in nonhuman primates

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-29

  Feneran, Ashley N ^a   O'Donnell, Russell ^a   Press, Ashley ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a   Cline, Mark ^a   Dugan, Greg ^a   Papoiu, Alexandru D P ^a   Nattkemper, Leigh A ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Shively, Carol A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contagious; Itch; Macaque; Model; Pruritus; Scratching; Video

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTAGIOUS ITCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHESUS MONKEY; SCRATCHING; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84871689453     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1406     Document Type: Article

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