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- Title
Antipruritic Effect of an Opiate Antagonist, Naloxone Hydrochloride.
- Authors
Bernstein, Joel E.; Swift, Robert M.; Soltani, Keyoumars; Lorincz, Allan L.
- Abstract
Central elicitation of itch by morphine may result from binding to opiate receptors, mimicking the physiological binding of endorphins and enkephalins to these receptors. Pretreatment of normal subjects with naloxone hydrochloride resulted in diminution or abolition of histamine-provoked itch. These results suggest an important role for central opioid peptides as mediators of the itch sensation.
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1982, Vol 78, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
0022-202X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12497974