Neuroendocrinology of the hair follicle: Principles and clinical perspectives

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 559-570

  Paus, Ralf ^a,b   Langan, Ewan A ^a,c   Vidali, Silvia ^d   Ramot, Yuval ^e   Andersen, Bogi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CRH; Mitochondria; Prolactin; Skin; TRH; TSH

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; KERATIN; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

BIOGENESIS; DERMATOLOGY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MENTAL STRESS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOEMOTIONAL STRESS; REVIEW; SKIN FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCALP; STEM CELL; TRENDS;

ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MAST CELLS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROLACTIN; SCALP; STEM CELLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 84908202855     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: 1471499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.06.002     Document Type: Review

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