Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Allodynia and Hyperalgesia in Pruritus: Involvement of TRP Channels
Merab G. Tsagareli¹ and Earl E. Carstens²
¹Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Tbilisi, Georgia
²University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA

Chapter 2. The Role of Descending Modulation in the Transmission of Itch
Taylor Follansbee¹ and E. Carstens²
¹Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
²Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California, Davis, California, USA

Chapter 3. Current Understanding of Itch Neural Networks and Circuitry in the Brain
Darya Pavlenko and Tasuku Akiyam
Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

Chapter 4. Molecules That Channel Stimulus into Pruritus
Babina Sanjel and Won-Sik Shim
College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Chapter 5. Gastrin-Releasing Peptide and Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Expressing Neurons
Keiko Takanami
Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, National Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

Chapter 6. Opioids and Itch
Mark Lay, Taylor Follansbee and Xinzhong Dong
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Chapter 7. Microneurography for Assessing Mechanisms of Itch Signaling in Humans
Miriam Düll¹,² and Barbara Namer¹,³,⁴
¹Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
²Department of Medicine 1, Gastroenterology, Pneumology, Endocrinology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
³Research Group Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research within the Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany
⁴Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Index

Editor’s ORCID iD

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