A central role for spinal dorsal horn neurons that express neurokinin-1 receptors in chronic itch

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1240-1246

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a,b   Nguyen, Tony ^a   Curtis, Eric ^a   Nishida, Katsuko ^a   Devireddy, Jahnavi ^a   Delahanty, Jeremy ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Carstens, Earl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloknesis; Atopic dermatitis; Central sensitization; Chronic itch; Gastrin releasing peptide receptor; Hyperknesis; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Substance P

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; OVALBUMIN; SAPORIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELLULAR SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; SENSITIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1;

EID: 84945292339     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000172     Document Type: Article

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