Habitual Scratching in Atopic Dermatitis and Its Association with Disease Severity: Findings from Japanese Health Insurance Claims and App-Based Data [PDF]
Dermatology and TherapyIntroduction In atopic dermatitis (AD), scratching sustains inflammation and impairs the skin barrier. Beyond scratching driven by itch, affected individuals may engage in habitual scratching, defined as repetitive, unconscious scratching that occurs ...
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Development of Objective Measurements of Scratching as a Proxy of Atopic Dermatitis—A Review [PDF]
SensorsEczema, or atopic dermatitis (AD), is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by persistent itching and scratching, significantly impacting patients’ quality of life.
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eLife, 2022 Mice are the most commonly used model animals for itch research and for development of anti-itch drugs. Most laboratories manually quantify mouse scratching behavior to assess itch intensity. This process is labor-intensive and limits large-scale genetic
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Pruritus of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is one of the most common and irritating sensations that severely affects the quality of life. However, the changes in the functional connectivity (FC) between thalamic subregions and other brain regions ...
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Pruritus is a common clinical sign in dogs and is often underrecognized by dog owners and veterinarians. The Whistle FIT®, a wearable accelerometer paired with analytics, can detect changes in pruritic activity in dogs, which can be reported to owners in
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Micromachines, 2023 Ultrasonic-assisted grinding (UAG) is widely used in the manufacture of hard and brittle materials. However, the process removal mechanism was never elucidated and its potential is yet to be fully exploited.
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Development of a Cat Behaviour Issues Assessment Scale (CABIAS) Assessing Problem Behaviours in Cats
Animals, 2023 Problem behaviours in cats, such as urine marking, scratching, fear, and problems of cohabitation between cats, can present a potential welfare problem for those affected cats and have a negative impact on the human–animal bond. The aim of this study was
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Physiological function of gastrin-releasing peptide and neuromedin B receptors in regulating itch scratching behavior in the spinal cord of mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Pruritus (itch) is a severe side effect associated with the use of drugs as well as hepatic and hematological disorders. Previous studies in rodents suggest that bombesin receptor subtypes i.e.
Devki D Sukhtankar, Mei-Chuan Ko
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Effect of Ta Content on Scratching Behavior of Ti-Al-Ta-N Coatings on Titanium Substrate
Metals, 2022 The effect of Ta alloying on the structure, mechanical properties and scratching behavior of Ti-Al-N-based coatings deposited on Ti substrates by reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering is studied.
Artur Shugurov, Evgenii Kuzminov
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Scratch that itch: revisiting links between self-directed behaviour and parasitological, social and environmental factors in a free-ranging primate [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Different hypotheses explain variation in the occurrence of self-directed behaviour such as scratching and self-grooming: a parasite hypothesis linked with ectoparasite load, an environmental hypothesis linked with seasonal conditions and a social ...
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