E.V. FAYZULINA¹, Yu.V. DAVYDOV¹, R.G. KUZNETSOVA²

¹Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

²Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 138 Orenburgskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064 

Fayzullina E.V. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Dermatology and Venereology Department, tel. +7-917-291-11-77, e-mail: elenafs@mail.ru¹

Davydov Yu.V. — postgraduate student of the Dermatology and Venereology Department, tel. +7-917-872-75-10, e-mail: jusetal@mail.ru¹

Kuznetsova R.G. — Senior Researcher of Scientific-Research Department, tel. (843) 237-34-47, e-mail: rokuz@mail.ru² 

The review presents modern data on the leading role of the nervous system in forming the sensations of pain and itching in dermatopathology, the search of non-antigistaminic medicines for the relief of itching in experiments.

Key words: itching, pain, neuropeptides, β-alanine, imiquimod (IQ).

 

 

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