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Scratching bouts are modeled as Bernoulli trials until successful itch-extinguishing in mice

2022-02-04

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Itching and subsequent scratching behavior have been observed in many species, including humans. The behavior was evolved to remove skin parasites. Yet, scratching is performed without reliable indicators of whether a parasite is present. We addressed this apparent paradox by studying scratching in mice. Video recordings of ~5000 scratching bouts were collected in free-moving C57BL6/J mice. The statistical propert...

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Literature Corpus work: fdf6e518-3276-5c9d-9b51-183da69b1a2d
DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.03.478919

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