Finding a New Cellular Target that May Help Treat Itching (AUDIO)
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There are specific neurons in the spinal cord that carry itch signals to the brain, but before those cells can be activated, other sensory cells must process and transmit itch signals. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified channels in nerve cells that carry different types of itch signals to the spinal cord. And the findings may give scientists new targets to help block or relieve itching in some patients. Jim Dryden has more...
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