Purpose Although scientific articles mention the impact of psychological stress on skin
diseases, few review the latest research on factors involved in this correlation. The skin …

Sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) respond to many different kinds of
stimulus. The ability to discriminate between the diverse types of sensation is reflected by …

The mammalian hair follicle represents a unique, highly regenerative neuroectodermal-
mesodermal interaction system that contains numerous stem cells. It is the only organ in the …

The hair follicle, a unique characteristic of mammals, represents a stem cell‐rich, prototypic
neuroectodermal‐mesodermal interaction system. This factory for pigmented epithelial fibers …

The skin offers an ideally suited, clinically relevant model for studying the crossroads
between peripheral and systemic responses to stress. A 'brain–skin connection'with local …

This essay reviews the available evidence that the proximal hair follicle epithelium
generates and maintains an area of relative immune privilege during a defined segment of …

Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs
damaged by disease, injury or aging in the foreseeable future. Here we demonstrate fully …

Psychological stress, an evolutionary adaptation to the fight‐or‐flight response, triggers a
number of physiological responses that can be deleterious under some circumstances …

It has been much disputed whether or not stress can cause hair loss (telogen effluvium) in a
clinically relevant manner. Despite the paramount psychosocial importance of hair in human …

Cicatricial (scarring) alopecia results from irreversible damage to epithelial stem cells
located in the bulge region of the hair follicle, generally as a result of inflammatory …