Overexpression of the gastrin-releasing peptide in cutaneous nerve fibers and its receptor in the spinal cord in primates with chronic itch

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2489-2492

  Nattkemper, Leigh A ^a   Zhao, Zhong Qiu ^b   Nichols, Anna J ^c   Papoiu, Alexandru D P ^a   Shively, Carol A ^a   Chen, Zhou Feng ^b   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCRATCHING; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 85027929245     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.166     Document Type: Letter

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