@inbook{467468c0a05a4e1696fc5a4ff6fd391e,
title = "Itch and the brain",
abstract = "The sensation of itch-defined as unpleasant sensation inducing the urge to scratch-is processed by a network of different brain regions contributing to the encoding of sensory, emotional, attention-dependent, cognitive-evaluative and motivational patterns. Patients with atopic eczema show different activation patterns and kinetics compared to healthy volunteers. This review summarizes current studies investigating itch in the brain.",
author = "Florian Pfab and M. Valet and V. Napadow and T{\"o}lle, {T. R.} and H. Behrendt and J. Ring and U. Darsow",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1159/00033652913",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783805599849",
series = "Chemical Immunology and Allergy",
pages = "253--265",
editor = "John Bienenstock",
booktitle = "Allergy and the Nervous System",
}