Skin appendageal macropores as a possible pathway for electrical current

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Chizmadzhev, Yuri A ^a   Kuzmin, Peter I ^a   Weaver, James C ^b   Potts, Russell O ^c,d  

^a FRUMKIN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Cygnus Therapeutic Systems   (United States)

^d Cynus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Impedance; Macropore; Simulation; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATINOCYTE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0032466725     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jidsymp.1998.30     Document Type: Article

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