Brain’s Reward Circuits Mediate Itch Relief. A Functional MRI Study of Active Scratching

• Alexandru D. P. Papoiu,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Leigh A. Nattkemper,

  Current address: Department of Dermatology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  Affiliation PhD Program in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Kristen M. Sanders,

  Affiliation PhD Program in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert A. Kraft,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University & Virginia Tech, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Yiong-Huak Chan,

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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• Robert C. Coghill,

  Affiliation Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Gil Yosipovitch

  * E-mail: gil.yosipovitch@tuhs.temple.edu

  Current address: Department of Dermatology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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