Schematic Showing a Central Neural Circuit Critical for Itch Signal Processing (IMAGE)

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Schematic Showing a Central Neural Circuit Critical for Itch Signal Processing

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Itch-mediating spinal neurons, which express the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR), are disynaptically connected to the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) via glutamatergic spinal projection neurons (PN).

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SUN Yangang's lab

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