Hair Cycle Control by Vanilloid Receptor-1 (TRPV1): Evidence from TRPV1 Knockout Mice

April 2006 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Tamás Bı́ró, Enikő Bodó, Andrea Telek, Tamás Géczy, Birte Tychsen, László Kovács, Ralf Paus

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