Researchers identify itch-specific neurones in mice, hope for better treatments

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 06:56 in Health & Medicine

Historically, many scientists have regarded itching as just a less intense version of pain. They have spent decades searching for itch-specific nerve cells to explain how the brain perceives itch differently from pain, but none have been found...

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