Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons

Identification of a Spinal Circuit for Light Touch and Fine Motor Control

(2015) Steeve Bourane et al.   CELL

Targeted Ablation, Silencing, and Activation Establish Glycinergic Dorsal Horn Neurons as Key Components of a Spinal Gate for Pain and Itch

(2015) Edmund Foster et al.   NEURON

Itchy Hair – Trichoknesis: A Variant of Trichodynia or a New Entity?

(2014) A Reich et al.   ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

Itch Mechanisms and Circuits

(2014) Liang Han et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain

(2014) Bo Duan et al.   CELL

Why we scratch an itch: the molecules, cells and circuits of itch

(2014) Diana M Bautista et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Transmitting Pain and Itch Messages: A Contemporary View of the Spinal Cord Circuits that Generate Gate Control

(2014) João Braz et al.   NEURON

A Sensory-Labeled Line for Cold: TRPM8-Expressing Sensory Neurons Define the Cellular Basis for Cold, Cold Pain, and Cooling-Mediated Analgesia

(2013) W. M. Knowlton et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neural processing of itch

(2013) Tasuku Akiyama et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Mechanically evoked itch in humans

(2013) Miyuki Fukuoka et al.   PAIN

The Cells and Circuitry for Itch Responses in Mice

(2013) S. K. Mishra et al.   SCIENCE

Mouse Model of Touch-Evoked Itch (Alloknesis)

(2012) Tasuku Akiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

The modality-specific contribution of peptidergic and non-peptidergic nociceptors is manifest at the level of dorsal horn nociresponsive neurons

(2012) Jie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

Renshaw cell interneuron specialization is controlled by a temporally restricted transcription factor program

(2011) F. J. Stam et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Rapid, reversible activation of AgRP neurons drives feeding behavior in mice

(2011) Michael J. Krashes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Dynorphin is Expressed Primarily by GABAergic Neurons That Contain Galanin in the Rat Dorsal Horn

(2011) Thomas CP Sardella et al.   Molecular Pain

Galanin-Immunoreactivity Identifies a Distinct Population of Inhibitory Interneurons in Laminae I-III of the Rat Spinal Cord

(2011) Sheena YX Tiong et al.   Molecular Pain

Itch Signaling in the Nervous System

(2011) Joseph Jeffry et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch

(2010) Yang Liu et al.   NEURON

Loss of Inhibitory Interneurons in the Dorsal Spinal Cord and Elevated Itch in Bhlhb5 Mutant Mice

(2010) Sarah E. Ross et al.   NEURON

The multiple pathways for itch and their interactions with pain

(2010) Steve Davidson et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain

(2009) Linda Madisen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cellular Basis of Itch Sensation

(2009) Y.-G. Sun et al.   SCIENCE

A transcriptional network coordinately determines transmitter and peptidergic fate in the dorsal spinal cord

(2008) Dominique Bröhl et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ptf1a, Lbx1 and Pax2 coordinate glycinergic and peptidergic transmitter phenotypes in dorsal spinal inhibitory neurons

(2008) Menggui Huang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Behavioral differentiation between itch and pain in mouse

(2008) Steven G. Shimada et al.   PAIN