The majority of dorsal spinal cord gastrin releasing peptide is synthesized locally whereas neuromedin B is highly expressed in pain- and itch-sensing somatosensory neurons

• Main Authors: Fleming Michael S (Author), Ramos Daniel (Author), Han Seung (Author), Zhao Jianyuan (Author), Son Young-Jin (Author), Luo Wenqin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Itch is one of the major somatosensory modalities. Some recent findings have proposed that gastrin releasing peptide (Grp) is expressed in a subset of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and functions as a selective neurotransmitter f...