Pharmacology of Itch

Pharmacology of Itch edited by Alan Cowan, Gil Yosipovitch.

Basic research on the pharmacology of itch has exploded in the wake of two very influential papers that were published in Nature (2007) and Science (2009). Long overlooked as a milder form of pain, itching has rapidly gained a new appreciation in both research and clinical communities because of its...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cowan, Alan (Editor), Yosipovitch, Gil (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 226
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Anesthesiology.
Dermatology.
Pain medicine.
Allergy.
Immunology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical Background
  • Epidemiology of the Burden of Chronic Itch
  • Neurophysiology and Itch Pathways
  • Brain Mechanisms of Chronic Itch
  • Mouse and Human Models of Itch. Transient Receptor Potential Channels and Itch
  • Cytokines and Itch
  • Role of Mrgpr Family of Receptors and Itch
  • Protease-activated Receptor Agonists and Itch
  • VGLUT2-dependent Sensory Neurons and Itch
  • Identification and Characterization of Spinal Inhibitory Neurons That Inhibit Itch
  • Noradrenergic Itch Transmission in the Spinal Cord
  • NK-1 Antagonists and Itch
  • Cannabinoids and Itch
  • Antihistamines and Itch
  • Targeting Itch with Ligands Selective for k Opioid Receptors
  • Neuraxial Opioid-induced Scratching and Its Pharmacological Antagonism
  • Topical Therapies
  • Allergic Itch in Dogs.

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