Epidermis as the “Third Brain”?
The role of the brain includes reception, processing, and transmission of environmental information from sensory organs to the systems of the whole body. Interestingly, the digestive organs have an independent nervous system, which has been called the “second brain”. We propose that the epidermis, w...
Main Author: | Mitsuhiro Denda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-06-01
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Series: | Dermatologica Sinica |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S102781171500049X |
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