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Earl Carstens is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with notable involvement in sensory systems, dermatology, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's work spans various interconnected fields, with key topics including dermatology and skin diseases, ion channels and receptors, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, pain mechanisms and treatments, neuropeptides and animal physiology, urticaria and related conditions, and olfactory and sensory function studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Earl Carstens are Mirela Iodi Carstens, Taylor Follansbee, Dan Domocoş, Keiko Takanami, and Tudor Şelescu. The scientist has contributed to publications in a range of journals, with multiple papers published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as Frontiers in Immunology, eLife, and Pharmaceuticals.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Earl Carstens include:

  • "Protease-Activated Receptor-2 Regulates Neuro-Epidermal Communication in Atopic Dermatitis" (2020), Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Sensory Effects of Nicotine and Tobacco" (2021), Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • "Inhibition of itch by neurokinin 1 receptor (Tacr1)-expressing ON cells in the rostral ventromedial medulla in mice" (2022), eLife
  • "Role of 5-HT1A and 5-HT3 receptors in serotonergic activation of sensory neurons in relation to itch and pain behavior in the rat" (2020), Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • "Targeting Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels, Mas-Related G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (Mrgprs), and Protease-Activated Receptors (PARs) to Relieve Itch" (2023), Pharmaceuticals

Best Publications

  • Clinical classification of itch: a position paper of the International Forum for the Study of Itch.

    Sonja Ständer;Elke Weisshaar;Thomas Mettang;Jacek C. Szepietowski

  • A sensory neuron–expressed IL-31 receptor mediates T helper cell–dependent itch: Involvement of TRPV1 and TRPA1

    Ferda Cevikbas;Xidao Wang;Tasuku Akiyama;Cordula Kempkes

  • Laminar origins of spinothalamic projections in the cat as determined by the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

    Earl Carstens;Daniel L. Trevino

  • Neural processing of itch

    Tasuku Akiyama;Earl Carstens

  • Recognizing pain and distress in laboratory animals.

    Earl Carstens;Gary P. Moberg

  • Activation of Neurons in Rat Trigeminal Subnucleus Caudalis by Different Irritant Chemicals Applied to Oral or Ocular Mucosa

    Earl Carstens;Nicole Kuenzler;H. O. Handwerker

  • In vivo characterization of clinical anaesthesia and its components

    J. F. Antognini;Earl Carstens

  • Confirmation of the location of spinothalamic neurons in the cat and monkey by the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

    Daniel L. Trevino;Earl Carstens

  • Dopamine reuptake inhibition in the rostral agranular insular cortex produces antinociception

    Adam R. Burkey;Earl Carstens;Luc Jasmin

  • Psychophysical and neurobiological evidence that the oral sensation elicited by carbonated water is of chemogenic origin.

    Jean Marc Dessirier;Christopher T. Simons;Mirela Iodi Carstens;Michael O'Mahony

  • Differential inhibitory effects of medial and lateral midbrain stimulation on spinal neuronal discharges to noxious skin heating in the cat.

    Earl Carstens;D. Klumpp;M. Zimmermann

  • Dorsal horn neurons expressing NK-1 receptors mediate scratching in rats.

    Earl E. Carstens;Mirela Iodi Carstens;Christopher T. Simons;Steven L. Jinks

  • Frataxin Deficiency Leads to Defects in Expression of Antioxidants and Nrf2 Expression in Dorsal Root Ganglia of the Friedreich's Ataxia YG8R Mouse Model

    Yuxi Shan;Robert A. Schoenfeld;Genki Hayashi;Eleonora Napoli

  • An Opioidergic Cortical Antinociception Triggering Site in the Agranular Insular Cortex of the Rat that Contributes to Morphine Antinociception

    Adam R. Burkey;Earl Carstens;Julia J. Wenniger;Jinwen Tang

  • Responses of rat spinal dorsal horn neurons to intracutaneous microinjection of histamine, capsaicin, and other irritants.

    Earl Carstens

  • Responses of superficial dorsal horn neurons to intradermal serotonin and other irritants: comparison with scratching behavior.

    Steven L. Jinks;Earl Carstens

  • Inhibition of spinal neuronal responses to noxious skin heating by stimulation of mesencephalic periaqueductal gray in the cat.

    Earl Carstens;T. Yokota;M. Zimmermann

  • Anatomical and physiological properties of ipsilaterally projecting spinothalamic neurons in the second cervical segment of the cat's spinal cord

    Earl Carstens;Daniel L. Trevino

  • Involvement of TRPV4 in Serotonin-Evoked Scratching

    Tasuku Akiyama;Tasuku Akiyama;Margaret Ivanov;Masaki Nagamine;Auva Davoodi

  • Enhanced scratching evoked by PAR-2 agonist and 5-HT but not histamine in a mouse model of chronic dry skin itch.

    T. Akiyama;M. Iodi Carstens;Earl Carstens

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Zimmermann
Manfred Zimmermann Heidelberg University
Linda R. Watkins
Linda R. Watkins University of Colorado Boulder
Glenn J. Giesler
Glenn J. Giesler University of Minnesota
Luc Jasmin
Luc Jasmin University of California, San Francisco
Allan I. Basbaum
Allan I. Basbaum University of California, San Francisco
Mitsuhiro Kawata
Mitsuhiro Kawata RMIT University
Megumu Yoshimura
Megumu Yoshimura Kumamoto Health Science University
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Donald A. Simone
Donald A. Simone University of Minnesota

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