Various types of itch have been described, including those related to skin disease, systemic disease, nerve fiber damage, and psychiatric or psychologic conditions. At any given time, patients may ...

Pain is one of the most debilitating symptoms that presents with neuropathy. Neuropathic pain syndrome is a challenge to treat and, even with appropriate evidence-based treatment, only a 40% ...

Their research revealed the increased protein volume heightens nerve activities to transmit itchy feelings, generating additional discomfort. A marked suppression of itch-related behaviors ...

This causes nerve fibres to send itchy signals to your brain. 3. Itches have their own nerve network Until recently we thought that itch and pain both shared the same pathways, but in 1997 a ...

Neuropathic pain is often associated with the sensation of burning, coldness, "pins and needles", numbness or itching. Mechanistic modeling of enhancer-RNA sheds light on the role of transcription ...

reversing hypersensitivity and reducing chronic neuropathic pain resulting from peripheral nerve damage, reports a paper in Current Biology. These findings are important given the dearth of ...

Dr. Malik has also recently published groundbreaking research into the genetic basis of another type of neuropathy: familial neuropathic chronic itch, which was shown to be associated with COL6A5 ...