Where Is Itch Represented in the Brain, and How Does it Differ from Pain? An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis of Experimentally-Induced Itch

J Invest Dermatol. 2019 Oct;139(10):2245-2248.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 May 2.

Authors

Carl A Roberts¹, Timo Giesbrecht², Andrej Stancak³, Nicholas Fallon³, Anna Thomas², Tim C Kirkham³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Unilever R&D, Port Sunlight, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.

PMID: 31054845
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.04.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Allergens / pharmacology*
Brain Mapping
Cluster Analysis
Diagnosis, Differential
Electric Stimulation
Female
Healthy Volunteers
Histamine / pharmacology*
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Pain / physiopathology
Pruritus / diagnostic imaging*
Pruritus / etiology
Pruritus / physiopathology
Thalamus / diagnostic imaging
Thalamus / physiopathology*

Substances

Allergens
Histamine