Relief of itch by scratching: state-dependent inhibition of primate spinothalamic tract neurons

Itch is relieved by scratching, but the neural mechanisms that are responsible for this are unknown. Spinothalamic tract (STT) neurons respond to itch-producing agents and transmit pruritic information to the brain. We observed that scratching the cutaneous receptive field of primate STT neurons pro...

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Main Authors: Davidson, Steve, Zhang, Xijing, Khasabov, Sergey G, Simone, Donald A, Giesler, Glenn J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3006451/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19349977
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2292
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