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The itch-scratch reflex generates protective immunity

2019-10-17

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Itch: its complex neurobiology, its exquisite evolutionary conservation, and even the undeniably euphoric sensation of the scratch it evokes, are all suggestive of a productive physiological function. Nevertheless, we still struggle to answer (or altogether overlook) the basic question of why we itch in the first place. Here, we propose a simple hypothesis: the purpose of itch sensation is to evoke scratching beha...

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Literature Corpus work: 724a8292-0fd1-546d-b720-9b33b2ba67b0
DOI: 10.1101/808477

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