TY - JOUR
AU1 - Collins, J. G.
AB - J Anesth (2003) 17:125–128 J.G. Collins: Itch is an unpleasant sensory experience 125 J.G. Collins Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208051, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA Key words Pruritus · Sensory neurons to the anesthesiology community because of opioid- induced itch and the apparent similarities between the neurophysiology of itch and of pain [1]. In the last few years, two important advances have The International Association for the Study of Pain been made in our ability to study and understand itch. (IASP) defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emo- The first was the development of an animal model of tional experience associated with actual or potential itch by a group of Japanese scientists. Dr. Yasushi tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Kuraishi of the Department of Applied Pharmacology, In a note attached to that definition (http://www.iasp- Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, is pain.org.terms-p.html#Pain), the IASP further states leading a research team that has developed and vali- that “unpleasant, abnormal experiences (dysesthesias) dated a mouse model that can be used to study scratch- may also be pain but are not necessarily so because, ing behavior associated with itch [2]. The absence 
TI - Itch is an unpleasant sensory experience
JF - Journal of Anesthesia
DO - 10.1007/s005400300028
DA - 2003-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/itch-is-an-unpleasant-sensory-experience-V1OCdHzi9n
SP - 125
EP - 128
VL - 17
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -