title: Itch-associated responses of afferent nerve innervating the murine skin: different effects of histamine and serotonin in ICR and ddY mice.
abstract: To assess the itch-associated response of primary afferents innervating the murine skin in vivo, dose-response curves and time-courses for itch-scratching and cutaneous nerve firing responses to intradermal injections of pruritogens (histamine and serotonin) were compared in ICR and ddY mice. Serotonin increased the itch-scratch response and cutaneous nerve firing in either ICR or ddY mice. Histamine increased these two responses in ICR, but not ddY, mice. The dose-response curves and time-courses for serotonin- and histamine-induced nerve firing were similar to those for the itch-scratch response. The results suggest that cutaneous nerve firing evoked by peripherally given pruritogens includes the itch-associated response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuraishi
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D023421:Models, Animal; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011537:Pruritus / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D012701:Serotonin; D006632:Histamine