Can itch-related visual stimuli alone provoke a scratch response in healthy individuals?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-111

  Lloyd, D M ^a   Hall, E ^a   Hall, S ^a   McGlone, Francis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BUTTERFLY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEA; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SKIN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRURITUS; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872869069     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12132     Document Type: Article

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