Professor Francis Philip McGlone (born November 1948) is a neuroscientist at Liverpool John Moores University, where he is the head of the Somatosensory & Affective Neuroscience Group.[1][2][3]

Francis McGlone (2019)

Awards and honours

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In 2019, Professor McGlone & colleagues were awarded the Ig Nobel Peace Prize[4] for their work on measuring The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch[5]

Selected publications

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  • Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents (Joint editor)
  • Itch: Basic Mechanisms and Therapy (Joint editor)

References

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  1. ^ "Francis McGlone". Ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Professor Francis McGlone Professor Francis McGlone- Liverpool Neuroscience Group - University of Liverpool". Liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Francis McGlone - Pain Research Institute - University of Liverpool". Liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ "The Ig Nobel Prize Winners". Improbable Research. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. ^ Saif, G. A. bin; Papoiu, A. D. P.; Banari, L.; McGlone, F.; Kwatra, S. G.; Chan, Y.-H.; Yosipovitch, G. (2012). "The pleasurability of scratching an itch: a psychophysical and topographical assessment". British Journal of Dermatology. 166 (5): 981–985. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10826.x. ISSN 1365-2133. PMC 3335970. PMID 22242789.