Itch : basic mechanisms and therapy /: basic mechanisms and therapy. (©2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gil Yosipovitch [and others].
• Other Names: Yosipovitch, Gil
• Contents: Foreword / Thomas A. Luger -- Part I. Clinical Classification of Itch -- 1. Definitions of Itch / Gil Yosipovitch and Malcolm W. Greaves -- Part II. Basic Mechanisms of Itch -- 2. Neurophysiologic Basis of Itch / Martin Schmelz and Hermann O. Handwerker -- 3. Pain and Itch / Martin Schmelz and Hermann O. Handwerker -- 4. Central Neural Mechanisms of Itch / David Andrew and A.D. Craig -- 5. Animal Models of Itch : Scratching Away at the Problem / Earl Carstens and Yasushi Kuraishi -- 6. Histamine-Induced Discriminative and Affective Responses Revealed by Functional MRI 51 / Francis McGlone [and others] -- 7. Central Nervous System Imaging of Itch with PET 63 / Ulf Darsow, Alexander Drzezga, and Johannes Ring -- 8. Skin Nerve Anatomy : Neuropeptide Distribution and Its Relationship to Itch / Dieter Metze -- 9. Substance P and Itch / Tsugunobu Andoh and Yasushi Kuraishi -- 10. Peripheral Opiate Receptor System in Human Epidermis and Itch / Paul Lorenz Bigliardi and Mei Bigliardi-Qi -- 11. Antipruritic Activity of a Novel K-Opioid Receptor Agonist, TRK-820 / Jun Utsumi [and others] -- 12. Putative Role of Cannabinoids in Experimentally Induced Itch and Inflammation in Human Skin / Roman Rukwied [and others] -- 13. Itch Models in Animals, with Special Emphasis on the Serotonin Model in Rats / Jens Schiersing Thomsen -- 14. Human Itch Models, with Special Emphasis on Itch in SLS-Inflamed and Normal Skin / Jens Schiersing Thomsen -- Part III. Evaluation of Patients with Itch -- 15. Microdialysis in Itch Research / Martin Schmelz -- 16. Measuring Nocturnal Scratching in Atopic Dermatitits / Toshiya Ebata -- 17. Itch Questionnaires as Tools for Itch Evaluation / Gil Yosipovitch -- Part IV. Epidemiology and Characteristics of Itch -- 18. Epidemiology of Itching in Skin and Systemic Diseases / Gil Yosipovitch -- 19. Uremic Pruritus : New Perspectives and Insights from Recent Trials / Thomas Mettang, Dominik Mark Alscher, and Christiane Pauli-Magnus -- 20. Pruritus Complicating Liver Disease / Nora V. Bergasa and E. Anthony Jones -- 21. Itch in HIV-Infected Patients / Maria I. Duque, Gil Yosipovitch, and P. Samuel Pegram -- 22. Neuropathic Pruritus / Gil Yosipovitch [and others] -- 23. Clinical Features of Itch in Atopic Eczema / Ulf Darsow and Johannes Ring -- 24. Postburn Itch / Robert D. Nelson -- 25. Pruritus in Lichen Simplex Chronicus and Lichen Amyloidosis / Yung-Hian Leow and Gil Yosipovitch -- Part V. Treatment of Itch -- 26. Treatment of Pruritus in Internal and Dermatological Diseases with Opioid Receptor Antagonists / Sonja Stander and Dieter Metze -- 27. Prospects for a Novel K-Opioid Receptor Agonist, TRK-820, in Uremic Pruritus / Hiroo Kumagai [and others] -- 28. Treatment of Pruritic Skin Diseases with Topical Capsaicin / Sonja Stander and Dieter Metze -- 29. Mechanistic and Clinical Assessment of Zangrado, an Extract of the Amazonian Ethnomedicine Sangre de Grado, for the Treatment of Itch / Mark J.S. Miller [and others] -- 30. Reduction in Itch Severity with Topical Immunomodulators : A New Approach for Patients with Inflammatory Disease / Alan B. Fleischer, Jr. -- 31. 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists as Antipruritics / Elke Weisshaar -- 32. Cutaneous Nerve Stimulation in Treatment of Localized Itch / Joanna Wallengren -- Part VI. Social and Psychological Aspects -- 33. Psychosomatic Aspects of Pruritus / Uwe Gieler [and others] -- 34. On Psychological Factors Affecting Reports of Itch Perception / Elia E. Psouni -- 35. Itching as a Focus of Mental Disturbance / Yuval Melamed and Gil Yosipovitch.
• Publisher Details: New York : Marcel Dekker
• Publication Date: 2004
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 388 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.5; Itching; Itching -- Treatment; Skin -- Diseases; Scabies; Dermatology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Skin; MEDICAL -- Dermatology; Scabies -- physiopathology; Pruritus -- physiopathology; Pruritus -- therapy; Scabies -- therapy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0824759745; 9780824759742; 0203027248; 9780203027240; 9780824747473
• Related ISBNs: 082474747X; 082474747X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.