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Sex Differences in Itch Perception and Modulation by Distraction – an fMRI Pilot Study in Healthy Vo...

Sex Differences in Itch Perception and Modulation by Distraction – an fMRI Pilot Study in Healthy Vo...

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Sex Differences in Itch Perception and Modulation by Distraction – an fMRI Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers

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Sex Differences in Itch Perception and Modulation by Distraction – an fMRI Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2013-11, Vol.8 (11), p.e79123

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Even though itch is a common syndrome of many diseases there is only little knowledge about sex and gender differences in pruritus, especially in central itch perception and modulation. To our knowledge, this is the first fMRI study examining sex differences in perception and its modulation by distraction.
Experimental itch was induced by applic...

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Sex Differences in Itch Perception and Modulation by Distraction – an fMRI Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1459404076

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1459404076

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0079123

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