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Scratching an itch

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Nociceptors respond to both painful and itchy stimuli. MrgprA3-expressing neurons have now been found that are sparsely distributed in the skin and sense a wide variety of pruritogens.

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Figure 1: Spatial contrast theory of itch versus pain.

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  1. Barbara Namer and Peter Reeh are in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,

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