Water increases the fluidity of intercellular membranes of stratum corneum: Correlation with water permeability, elastic, and electrical resistance properties

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1058-1063

  Alonso, Antonio ^a   Meirelles, Nilce C ^a   Yushmanov, Victor E ^b,c   Tabak, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Electrical resistance; ESR; Hydration effect; Membrane fluidity; Permeability; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0030012304     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12338682     Document Type: Article

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