ABSTRACT

Offering details on the pharmacology of itch, techniques of itch evaluation, and neurogenic itch, this reference presents new concepts in the neurophysiology and central mechanisms of itch, animal models of itch, and processing of histamine itch in the human cerebral cortex. The text clarifies itch in systemic and skin disease, exploring renal itch

chapter 1|4 pages

Definitions of Itch

chapter 2|8 pages

Neurophysiologic Basis of Itch

chapter 3|8 pages

Pain and Itch

chapter 4|14 pages

Central Neural Mechanisms of Itch

chapter 9|10 pages

Substance P and Itch

chapter |8 pages

Figures

chapter 15|14 pages

Microdialysis in Itch Research

chapter 20|14 pages

Pruritus Complicating Liver Disease

chapter 21|12 pages

Itch In HIV-Infected Patients

chapter 22|10 pages

Neuropathic Pruritus

chapter 23|6 pages

Clinical Features of Itch in Atopic Eczema

chapter 24|8 pages

Postburn Itch

chapter 31|10 pages

5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists as Antipruritics

chapter 33|8 pages

Psychosomatic Aspects of Pruritus

chapter 35|8 pages

Itching as a Focus of Mental Disturbance