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Mochizuki H, Hernandez LE, Yosipovitch G, et al. The Functional Network Processing Acute Electrical Itch Stimuli in Humans. Front Physiol. 2019;10:555doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00555.
Mochizuki, H., Hernandez, L. E., Yosipovitch, G., Sadato, N., & Kakigi, R. (2019). The Functional Network Processing Acute Electrical Itch Stimuli in Humans. Frontiers in physiology, 10555. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00555
Mochizuki, Hideki, et al. "The Functional Network Processing Acute Electrical Itch Stimuli in Humans." Frontiers in physiology vol. 10 (2019): 555. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00555
Mochizuki H, Hernandez LE, Yosipovitch G, Sadato N, Kakigi R. The Functional Network Processing Acute Electrical Itch Stimuli in Humans. Front Physiol. 2019 May 15;10:555. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00555. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31156452; PMCID: PMC6529842.
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Front Physiol. 2019 May 15;10:555. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00555. eCollection 2019.

The Functional Network Processing Acute Electrical Itch Stimuli in Humans.

Frontiers in physiology

Hideki Mochizuki, Loren E Hernandez, Gil Yosipovitch, Norihiro Sadato, Ryusuke Kakigi

Affiliations

  1. Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Miami Itch Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
  2. Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.
  3. Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.

PMID: 31156452 PMCID: PMC6529842 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00555

Abstract

The posterior insula (pIns) is a major brain region that receives itch-related signals from the periphery and transfers these signals to broad areas in the brain. Previous brain imaging studies have successfully identified brain regions that respond to itch stimuli. However, it is still unknown which brain regions receive and process itch-related signals from the pIns. Addressing this question is important in identifying key functional networks that process itch. Thus, the present study investigated brain regions with significantly increased functional connectivity with the pIns during itch stimuli with 25 healthy subjects by using functional MRI. Electrical itch stimuli was applied to the left wrist. Similar to previous brain imaging studies, many cortical and subcortical areas were activated by itch stimuli. However, not all of these regions showed significant increments of functional connectivity with the pIns during itch stimuli. While the subjects perceived the itch sensation, functional connectivity was significantly increased between the right pIns and the supplementary motor area (SMA), pre-SMA, anterior midcingulate cortex (aMCC), anterior insula (aIns), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), and basal ganglia (BG), suggesting that this is a key network in processing itch. In particular, intensity of functional connectivity between the pIns and BG was negatively correlated with itch rating. The functional pIns-BG pathway may play an important role in regulation of subjective itch sensation. This study first identified a key brain network to process itch.

Keywords: basal ganglia; fMRI; functional connectivity; itch; posterior insula

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