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POW ARCHIVE WEEK: Papers: 21 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019
DATE PUBLISHED: 2019 Sep 25
JOURNAL:Neuron
PUBMED: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31557456?dopt=Abstract
Volume:103
ISSUE:6
Mechanical itch is a desire to scratch due to light mechanical stimuli. In this issue of Neuron, Pan et al. (2019) identify a feedforward inhibition circuit in the spinal cord dorsal horn that processes mechanical itch as well as spontaneous itch.