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- Provides a quick understanding of the structure and development of hair follicle with a lot of clear electron microscope photographs
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Hair Follicle
Differentiation under the Electron Microscope - An Atlas
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Each and every hair is much more than just the visible shaft—there are also associated complex sheath structures of epidermal and dermal origin. In the hair follicle, cells undergo a variety of differentiation processes, mostly depending on their layers and positions therein, and electron microscopy reveals a very complex architecture. The structure of a particular layer, such as Henle’s layer of the inner root sheath, is not uniform. Rather, cells drastically change during the course of differentiation. By simply comparing electron micrographs of cells of a layer at different degrees of differentiation, one can hardly recognize them as belonging to the same layer. As readers will see, this book contains many superb electron mic- graphs, from low-magni?cation panoramic views for orientation to hi- power views showing ultrastructural detail. Captions and schematic drawings are also very helpful in “reading” electron micrographs and - derstanding the structural detail. In this way, Dr. Morioka has succeeded in dissecting the complex hair follicle at the ultrastructural level.
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Book Title: Hair Follicle
Book Subtitle: Differentiation under the Electron Microscope - An Atlas
Authors: Kiyokazu Morioka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138721
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-22429-7Published: 14 December 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-99805-1Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-27179-6Published: 21 March 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 152
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Physiology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Developmental Biology, Dermatology, Pharmacology/Toxicology