%0 Journal Article %T Antioxidants Attenuate Acute and Chronic Itch: Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress in Pruritus %A Feng-Ming Zhou %A Li-Hua Chen %A Ruo-Xiao Cheng %A Shuai Wang %A Teng-Teng Liu %A Tong Liu %A Xue-Long Wang %A Ya Huang %A Yan Zhou %A Yong-Jing Gao %J Archive of "Neuroscience Bulletin". %D 2017 %R 10.1007/s12264-016-0076-z %X Antioxidants decreased histamine-dependent acute itch induced by compound 48/80 in mice. A, B Systemic administration of NAC (100¨C500 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently decreased scratching behavior induced by compound 48/80. C, D Systemic administration of PBN (50¨C200 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently attenuated compound 48/80-induced itch (**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs control, one-way ANOVA followed by DunnettĄ¯s test; n = 5¨C6 mice/group) %K Oxidative stress %K Antioxidants %K Itch %K TRPA1 %K Extracellular signal-regulated kinase %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567556/