Like humans, mice normally scratch themselves in response to itchy compounds. As such, scientists can use mice to study new approaches to treat chronic itch conditions like atopic dermatitis ...

The researchers then dabbed an allergen on each mouse's ear to trigger an itchy sensation. They compared the allergic reactions in the modified mice to reactions in normal mice, some of which wore ...

normal ones and special mice engineered to not feel itchy because they lack itch-sensing nerves. When normal mice scratched freely, their ears became swollen and full of inflammatory cells.

Is our social aversion to itch learned or instinctual? When researchers studied mice, they observed that pain evokes empathic consolation behavior, manifesting as licking or grooming to alleviate the ...

So, we started to think, ‘What about itch? How does itch work in all of this?’” he reminisced. To answer that question, Kaplan and his colleagues engineered mice lacking a specific type of ...

an itch are two different experiences. A new study published in Nature Communications has uncovered how the brain tells the difference. Using mice, the team found that specialized cells in an area ...

When the scientists injected the skin of mice with this substance, they noted an increase in itching. They concluded that as LPC reaches the skin through circulation, it may trigger a reaction ...

5. Itching is contagious, just like yawning Scientists proved this by showing a set of mice videos of other mice scratching. The first group started having a quick scratch too. 6. Contagious ...

ablation of GRPR-expressing neurons seems to selectively block the sensation of itch... In additional, carefully controlled experiments, the authors showed that the deficits exhibited by mice ...