Sentences with phrase «transmitting itch signals»

«In normal itching, there's a fixed pathway that transmits the itch signal,» said senior investigator Zhou - Feng Chen, PhD, who directs Washington University's Center for the Study of Itch.

That's because chronic itching appears to incorporate more than just the nerve cells, or neurons, that normally transmit itch signals.

The researchers studied calcium channels in neurons, which allow for the transport of calcium ions from one nerve cell to another, helping the cells transmit itch signals from the skin to other cells in the spinal cord.

Not exact matches

The mice also scratched if they lacked the calcium channel that transmits chloroquine - induced itch signals and were exposed to chloroquine.

«We found that the TRPV1 channel that processes histamine - induced itch seems to work as a kind of molecular chaperone in the sensory neurons, helping the other channels process itch signals and transmit them to the spinal cord.»

The researchers looked at on how neurons in the dorsal root ganglion process and transmit two types of itch signals.

And they also learned that TRPV1, the channel that transmits histamine - induced itch, also plays a role in chloroquine - induced itch by helping TRPV4 process itch signals.