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Itch: Mechanisms and Treatment
Contributor(s): Carstens, E. (Editor), Akiyama, Tasuku (Editor)
ISBN: 1466505435     ISBN-13: 9781466505438
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $218.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Neuroscience
- Medical | Dermatology
Dewey: 152.182
LCCN: 2013048169
Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 494 pages
 
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Advances in itch research have elucidated differences between itch and pain but have also blurred the distinction between them. There is a long debate about how somatic sensations including touch, pain, itch, and temperature sensitivity are encoded by the nervous system. Research suggests that each sensory modality is processed along a fixed, direct-line communication system from the skin to the brain.

Itch: Mechanisms and Treatment presents a timely update on all aspects of itch research and the clinical treatment of itch that accompanies many dermatological conditions including psoriasis, neuropathic itch, cutaneous t-cells lymphomas, and systemic diseases such as kidney and liver disease and cancer.

Composed of contributions from distinguished researchers around the world, the book explores topics such as:

  • Neuropathic itch

  • Peripheral neuronal mechanism of itch

  • The role of PAR-2 in neuroimmune communication and itch

  • Mrgprs as itch receptors

  • The role of interleukin-31 and oncostatin M in itch and neuroimmune communication

  • Spinal coding of itch and pain

  • Spinal microcircuits and the regulation of itch

Examining new findings on cellular and molecular mechanisms, the book is a compendium of the most current research on itch, its prevalence in society, and the problems associated with treatment.