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A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin
We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.
A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin
A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin

We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.

We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.

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Drawing of a mouse scratching itself after watching a video of a different mouse scratching itself.
Specialized Brain Circuit Makes Mice Itchy When They See Others Scratch
Dan Robitzski | Oct 12, 2022 | 4 min read
A previously undetected pathway in the mouse brain bypasses the visual cortex to directly activate contagious itch.
Greyhound scratches body from fleas on a green lawn outdoors in a park on a sunny day
New Mechanism for Touch-Evoked Itch Found in Mice
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Jun 22, 2022 | 3 min read
A previously overlooked protein is important to this type of itch, an insight that could aid the development of new treatments.
Image of the Day: Itch to Scratch
Nicoletta Lanese | Jul 17, 2019 | 1 min read
Blocking a key receptor in itch-detecting neurons could quell chronic conditions.
Image of the Day: Light Salve
Carolyn Wilke | Jan 2, 2019 | 1 min read
Researchers used infrared light to relieve itchy mice.
Linoleic Acid Derivatives Potentially Mediate Pain and Itch in the Skin
Katarina Zimmer | Jan 1, 2018 | 2 min read
Researchers uncover a family of compounds that may be involved in pain transmission.
Bathtub Bloodbath, 1793
Shawna Williams | Oct 1, 2017 | 2 min read
French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat took on many roles over the course of his life, including physician and scientist.
Mice Experience Contagious Itching, Too
Diana Kwon | Mar 12, 2017 | 2 min read
Scientists uncover the neural circuity underlying a contagious behavior in mice.
Itch Neurons in Mouse Spinal Cords Can Sense Pain
Diana Kwon | Feb 21, 2017 | 3 min read
Neurons in the spinal cord thought to be itch-specific also act as a braking mechanism for intense pain, scientists show.
Pain and Itch Neurons Found
Kerry Grens | Mar 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Inhibitory nerve cells in the spinal cord stop the transmission of pain and itch signals in mice.
Distinct Neural Pathway for Itchiness
Dan Cossins | May 24, 2013 | 2 min read
Scientists find the molecule that delivers itchiness signals to the brain via a dedicated, and previously unknown, neural pathway.
 
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