Mark Hoon at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues found that killing certain spinal nerves in mice stops them from feeling itchy sensations. (newscientist.com)
Some clients may feel a warm or tingling, or itchy sensation after treatments which lasts for a few minutes and goes away. (letsgothin.com)
Now, researchers have identified a hormone in mice that delivers itchy sensations to neurons in the spinal cord, which then relays the signal to the brain. (sciencemag.org)