Itch processing in the brain

P Najafi, O Dufor, D Ben Salem… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… well-defined itch transmissionregions have been reported to be activated in both itch and
pain studies, but interesting finding is the fact that they have shown a difference between itch

Central mechanisms of itch

H Mochizuki, R Kakigi - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015 - Elsevier
regions in itch perception and difference in cerebral mechanism between healthy subjects
and chronic itch … If on-cells are associated with the transmission of itch-related neural signals …

Chronic itch and pain–similarities and differences

S Ständer, M Schmelz - European journal of pain, 2006 - Elsevier
itch and pain in acute transmission and sensitization processes have been identified. It is
common experience that the itch … this inhibition and thus enhance itch. This phenomenon is …

Contagious itch in humans: a study of visual 'transmission'of itch in atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects

ADP Papoiu, H Wang, RC Coghill… - British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
… video in the presence of a saline control scratched more frequently in areas extended beyond
the local itch site (P = 0·001), while the difference in scratching between these two groups …

Central circuit mechanisms of itch

XJ Chen, YG Sun - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
… , as well as their functional role in itch transmission 40 . Taken together, these … itch-selective
brain region has been identified in most studies, suggesting that the differences between itch

Itch

G Yosipovitch, MW Greaves, M Schmelz - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
… patterns differ—pain elicits a reflex withdrawal, whereas itch … awake individuals have shown
that itch is transmitted by dedicated C … showed activation of several forebrain regions by itch (…

Neural basis of contagious itch and why some people are more prone to it

H Holle, K Warne, AK Seth… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
… There was no difference in level of itch contagion between male and female participants [difference
One region not activated in our study but typically activated by chemical induction of …

Significant differences in central imaging of histamine-induced itch between atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects

G Schneider, S Ständer, M Burgmer, G Driesch… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
… of activated regions between HC and AD In order to detect differences in rCBF during the
itchy … Somatosensory, motor and prefrontal cortical regions – which we interpret as the cortical …

New insights into the mechanisms of itch: are pain and itch controlled by distinct mechanisms?

T Liu, RR Ji - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology, 2013 - Springer
… While differences between acute pain and acute itch are … may also play a role in itch
transmission in the spinal cord. In … brain regions is also involved in chronic itch. Allergen-induced …

The neurology of itch

A Dhand, MJ Aminoff - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
… Thalamic neurons transmit to multiple cortical and … is a chronic itch state in which refractory
itch occurs in a region previously … There was no difference between gabapentin alone and the …