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Kagoshima University elucidates the neural circuit that controls itch and pain in opposite directions

 A joint research group at Kagoshima University Graduate School has succeeded in controlling itch and pain in the opposite direction through experiments using optogenetic techniques and itch/pain model mice.

A research group from Okayama University and Nara Women's University discovered that rats have a dominant leg when scratching their eyes

 Hirotaka Sakamoto, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Science, Okayama University, and a graduate student of Nara Women's University, confirmed that the right hind leg is the dominant leg when rats scratch their eyes […]

The cause of prolonged itch is a protein that increases when scratched many times, discovered by Kyushu University, etc.

 Research groups at Kyushu University Graduate School, Okayama University, and Johns Hopkins University (USA) are nervous by repeatedly scratching itchy skin […]