Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation is required for itch sensation in the spinal cord

Molecular Brain

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Ling ^a,b   Jiang, Guan Yu ^a,b   Song, Ning Jing ^c,e   Huang, Ying ^a,b   Chen, Jia Yin ^a,b   Wang, Qing Xiu ^a,d   Ding, Yu Qiang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital   (China)

^d Tongji University   (China)

^e Shanghai Medical Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Acute itch; Atopic dermatitis; Chronic itch; H1 receptor; pERK; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COMPOUND 48-80; HISTAMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CHLOROQUINE; DINITROFLUOROBENZENE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HISTAMINE; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEUROGLIA; NITRILES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899083052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6606-7-25     Document Type: Article

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