Excitation of mouse superficial dorsal horn neurons by histamine and / or PAR - 2 1 agonist : potential role in
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1 Excitation of mouse superficial dorsal horn neurons by histamine and/or PAR-2 1 agonist: potential role in itch 2 3 Tasuku Akiyama, Mirela. Iodi Carstens, E. Carstens 4 5 Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior 6 University of California, Davis 7 8 Correspondence: 9 Prof. E. Carstens 10 Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior 11 University of California, Davis 12 1 Shields Avenue 13 Davis, CA 95616 14 Tel.: 530-752-7767 15 Fax: 530-752-5582 16 e-mail: [email protected] 17 18 19 20 21 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (July 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/jn.00463.2009
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