Pruriceptive

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or causing itching not-comparable

    "Perhaps one reason is that the central pruriceptive or nociceptive effects of SA in cutaneous C-nociceptors were blocked by central inhibitory neurons activated by simultaneous SA known to be generated from the compressed DRG in large diameter mechanosensitive neurons."

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"Perhaps one reason is that the central pruriceptive or nociceptive effects of SA in cutaneous C-nociceptors were blocked by central inhibitory neurons activated by simultaneous SA known to be generated from the compressed DRG in large diameter mechanosensitive neurons."

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