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Cowhage-Induced Itch as an Experimental Model for Pruritus. A Comparative Study with Histamine-Induced Itch

BACKGROUND: Histamine is the prototypical pruritogen used in experimental itch induction. However, in most chronic pruritic diseases, itch is not predominantly mediated by histamine. Cowhage-induced itch, on the other hand, seems more characteristic of itch occurring in chronic pruritic diseases. OB...

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Autores principales: Papoiu, Alexandru D. P., Tey, Hong Liang, Coghill, Robert C., Wang, Hui, Yosipovitch, Gil
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017786