Roles for substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide as neurotransmitters released by primary afferent pruriceptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 742-748

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a   Tominaga, Mitsutoshi ^a   Davoodi, Auva ^a   Nagamine, Masaki ^a   Blansit, Kevin ^a   Horwitz, Alexander ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion cell; Itch; Mouse; Scratching

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; HISTAMINE; ISOLECTIN B4; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; HISTAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84873326725     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00539.2012     Document Type: Article

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