research The Skin POMC System (SPS): Leads and Lessons from the Hair Follicle 66 citations , October 1999 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” The Skin POMC System affects hair growth and skin responses to stress.
research Hair melanocytes as neuro-endocrine sensors—Pigments for our imagination 43 citations , October 2005 in “Molecular and cellular endocrinology” Hair melanocytes help the skin respond to stress and regulate hair pigmentation.
research Involvement of the central hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in hair growth and melanogenesis among different mouse strains 6 citations , October 2018 in “PLoS ONE” Stress can slow hair growth and affect skin color by impacting the body's stress response system.
research The human hair follicle has established a fully functional peripheral equivalent of the hypothamalic‐pituitary‐adrenal‐axis (HPA) 9 citations , January 2005 in “Experimental Dermatology” Human hair follicles can produce stress hormones like the body's main stress response system.
research Serotoninergic and melatoninergic systems are fully expressed in human skin 249 citations , April 2002 in “The FASEB journal” Human skin can make serotonin and melatonin.