Dead but highly dynamic - The stratum corneum is divided into three hydration zones

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 246-257

  Richter, T ^b   Peuckert, C ^c   Sattler, M ^a   Koenig, K ^c   Riemann, I ^c   Hintze, U ^a   Wittern, K P ^a   Wiesendanger, R ^b   Wepf, R ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frozen hydrated; Hydration; Osmolarity; Skin barrier; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; IONIC STRENGTH; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EID: 5644291860     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080218     Document Type: Article

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