Hair Follicle - Innervation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Distribution of P2X(3)-immunoreactive fibers in hairy and glabrous skin of the rat.

18 Jun 2009 The skin is innervated by two populations of unmyelinated sensory fibers, the peptidergic and nonpeptidergic, which transmit nociceptive information to the central nervous system. The peptidergic population expresses neuropeptides such as substance ... Read more...

Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans.

10 Apr 2009 Pleasant touch sensations may begin with neural coding in the periphery by specific afferents. We found that during soft brush stroking, low-threshold unmyelinated mechanoreceptors (C-tactile), but not myelinated afferents, responded most vigorously ... Read more...

Skin and hair follicle innervation in experimental models: a guide for the exact and reproducible evaluation of neuronal plasticity.

28 Feb 2008 The remodelling of skin innervation is an instructive example of neuronal plasticity in the peripheral nervous system. Cutaneous innervation displays dramatic plasticity during morphogenesis, adult remodelling, skin diseases and after skin nerve ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hair Follicle - Innervation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Distribution of P2X(3)-immunoreactive fibers in hairy and glabrous skin of the rat. 18 Jun 2009
• [Hair loss in a diabetic patient. What is the significance of the bare legs?] 14 Apr 2009
• Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. 10 Apr 2009
• Skin and hair follicle innervation in experimental models: a guide for the exact and reproducible evaluation of neuronal plasticity. 28 Feb 2008
• N-cadherin expression in palisade nerve endings of rat vellus hairs. 30 Jan 2008
• Adaptations in the structure and innervation of follicle-sinus complexes to an aquatic environment as seen in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). 18 Sep 2007
• Myelinated nerve endings in human skin. 30 May 2007
• Substance P as an immunomodulatory neuropeptide in a mouse model for autoimmune hair loss (alopecia areata). 30 Jan 2007
• Different subcellular distributions of the vesicular monoamine transporter, VMAT2, in subclasses of sympathetic neurons. 4 Dec 2006
• Dynamic changes in nerve growth factor and substance P in the murine hair cycle induced by depilation. 29 Nov 2006
• Overexpression of neurotrophin 4 in skin enhances myelinated sensory endings but does not influence sensory neuron number. 29 Sep 2006
• Hair growth inhibition by psychoemotional stress: a mouse model for neural mechanisms in hair growth control. 30 Dec 2005
• Microstructure and innervation of the mystacial vibrissal follicle-sinus complex in bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus (Pinnipedia: Phocidae). 30 Dec 2005
• Immunohistochemical reactions of receptors to met-enkephalin, VIP, substance P, and CGRP located on Merkel cells in the rat sinus hair follicle. 29 Nov 2005
• The existence of a linear system consisting of sympathetic endings in rat skin. 16 Oct 2005
• Local application of morphine suppresses glutamate-evoked activities of C and Adelta afferent fibers in rat hairy skin. 3 Oct 2005
• Reduction of postincisional allodynia by subcutaneous bupivacaine: findings with a new model in the hairy skin of the rat. 29 Jun 2005
• Receptors and transporter for serotonin in Merkel cell-nerve endings in the rat sinus hair follicle. An immunohistochemical study. 30 Dec 2004
• Tubule and neurofilament immunoreactivity in human hairy skin: markers for intraepidermal nerve fibers. 30 Aug 2004
• Somatosensory organization and behavior in naked mole-rats: II. Peripheral structures, innervation, and selective lack of neuropeptides associated with thermoregulation and pain. 4 Oct 2003

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Technical information about 'Hair Follicle'

Definition: A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN.

Descriptor UI: D018859

Alternative terms: Hair Follicle; Follicle, Hair; Follicles, Hair; Hair Follicles;

Related Mesh Headings: Folliculitis;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A10.272.497.500; A17.360.710; A17.815.250.500;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: dis = HAIR FOLLICLE (IM) + HAIR DISEASES (NIM); inflammation = FOLLICULITIS