Role of spinal bombesin-responsive neurons in nonhistaminergic itch

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2283-2289

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombesin; Gastrin releasing peptide; Mice; Mrgpr; Superficial dorsal horn; TRPA1; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BOMBESIN; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; 2,3,4-TRI-O-ACETYLARABINOPYRANOSYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BOVINE ADRENAL MEDULLA 8-22; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SERYL-LEUCYL-ISOLEUCYL-GLYCYL-ARGINYL-LEUCINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION AND SUPERFUSION; PRURITUS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; CAPSAICIN; CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; TOUCH;

EID: 84908418872     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00409.2014     Document Type: Article

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