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Mechanisms of Itch Evoked by β-Alanine

Qin Liu, Parul Sikand, Chao Ma, Zongxiang Tang, Liang Han, Zhe Li, Shuohao Sun, Robert H. LaMotte and Xinzhong Dong
Journal of Neuroscience 17 October 2012, 32 (42) 14532-14537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3509-12.2012
Qin Liu
1The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, and
2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, and
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Parul Sikand
3Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Chao Ma
3Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Zongxiang Tang
1The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, and
2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, and
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3Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3509-12.2012
PubMed 
23077038
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History 
  • Received July 23, 2012
  • Revision received August 20, 2012
  • Accepted August 21, 2012
  • First published October 17, 2012.
  • Version of record published October 17, 2012.
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Author Information

  1. Qin Liu1,2,
  2. Parul Sikand3,
  3. Chao Ma3,
  4. Zongxiang Tang1,2,
  5. Liang Han1,
  6. Zhe Li1,
  7. Shuohao Sun1,
  8. Robert H. LaMotte3, and
  9. Xinzhong Dong1,2
  1. 1The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, and
  2. 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, and
  3. 3Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
  • Q. Liu's present address: The Center for the Study of Itch, Departments of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.

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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: Q.L., P.S., C.M., Z.T., L.H., Z.L., S.S., R.H.L., and X.D. designed research; Q.L., P.S., C.M., Z.T., L.H., Z.L., and S.S. performed research; Q.L., P.S., C.M., Z.T., L.H., Z.L., S.S., R.H.L., and X.D. analyzed data; Q.L., P.S., C.M., Z.T., R.H.L., and X.D. wrote the paper.

  • Q. Liu's present address: The Center for the Study of Itch, Departments of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.

Disclosures

    • Received July 23, 2012.
    • Revision received August 20, 2012.
    • Accepted August 21, 2012.
  • This work was supported by grants from the NIH to X.D. (NS054791 and GM087369) and R.H.L. (NS047399 and NS014624). We thank Drs. David Anderson and Mark Zylka for providing MrgprD-GFP knock-in mice. We also thank Kush Patel for helpful comments on the manuscript.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Xinzhong Dong, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, xdong2{at}jhmi.edu; or Robert H. LaMotte, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, Robert.lamotte{at}yale.edu

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Qin Liu, Parul Sikand, Chao Ma, Zongxiang Tang, Liang Han, Zhe Li, Shuohao Sun, Robert H. LaMotte, Xinzhong Dong
Journal of Neuroscience 17 October 2012, 32 (42) 14532-14537; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3509-12.2012

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