University of California, Davis, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
Neuroscience. 2013 Oct 10;250:697-714. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.035. Epub 2013 Jul 24.
While considerable effort has been made to investigate the neural mechanisms of pain, much less effort has been devoted to itch, at least until recently. However, itch is now gaining increasing recognition as a widespread and costly medical and socioeconomic issue. This is accompanied by increasing interest in the underlying neural mechanisms of itch, which has become a vibrant and rapidly-advancing field of research. The goal of the present forefront review is to describe the recent progress that has been made in our understanding of itch mechanisms.
虽然人们已经投入了大量的精力来研究疼痛的神经机制,但至少直到最近,人们对瘙痒的研究还很少。然而,瘙痒现在正被越来越多地认为是一个广泛存在且代价高昂的医学和社会经济问题。这伴随着人们对瘙痒潜在神经机制的兴趣日益增加,该领域已成为一个充满活力和快速发展的研究领域。本前沿综述的目的是描述我们在理解瘙痒机制方面所取得的最新进展。