Roles of glutamate, substance P, and gastrin-releasing peptide as spinal neurotransmitters of histaminergic and nonhistaminergic itch

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-92

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a   Tominaga, Mitsutoshi ^b   Takamori, Kenji ^b   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrin releasing peptide; Glutamate; Histamine; Itch; Scratching; Substance P

Indexed keywords

3 [3,5 BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZYLOXY] 2 PHENYLPIPERIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE HORMONE ANTAGONIST; RC 3095; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ITCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINERGIC ITCH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHISTAMINERGIC ITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION;

GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GLUTAMATE; HISTAMINE; ITCH; SCRATCHING; SUBSTANCE P;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BOMBESIN; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PIPERIDINES; PRURITUS; SUBSTANCE P; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84891825227     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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