Brain's reward circuits mediate itch relief. A functional MRI study of active scratching

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Papoiu, Alexandru D P ^a   Nattkemper, Leigh A ^a,d   Sanders, Kristen M ^a   Kraft, Robert A ^b   Chan, Yiong Huak ^c   Coghill, Robert C ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a,d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D GRADIENT ECHO AND SPIN ECHO PROPELLER; ACTIVE SCRATCHING; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUNEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITCH RELIEF; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SCRATCHING; PERCEPTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PLEASURE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULVINAR; PUTAMEN; REACTION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SCRATCHING; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIDIMENSIONAL ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891954115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082389     Document Type: Article

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