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    Glossary Neurons

    specialized cells transmitting information via electrical and chemical signals

    Neurons, also known as nerve cells, are specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information through electrical and chemical signals. They consist of a cell body, dendrites that receive signals, and an axon that sends signals to other neurons, muscles, or glands. Neurons are fundamental to brain function, enabling everything from basic reflexes to complex thoughts and emotions.

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    1. Multipotent nestin-positive, keratin-negative hair-follicle bulge stem cells can form neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 419 citations
    2. Abnormal neuronal differentiation and mitochondrial dysfunction in hair follicle-derived induced pluripotent stem cells of schizophrenia patients Molecular psychiatry · 2013 · 198 citations
    3. Delta Opioid Receptors Presynaptically Regulate Cutaneous Mechanosensory Neuron Input to the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Neuron · 2014 · 140 citations
    4. Estrous Cycle-Dependent Changes in Basal and Ethanol-Induced Activity of Cortical Dopaminergic Neurons in the Rat Neuropsychopharmacology · 2006 · 98 citations
    5. Progesterone promotes the survival of newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus of adult male mice Hippocampus · 2009 · 85 citations
    6. Neuronal model of tactile allodynia produced by spinal strychnine: effects of excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists and a μ-opiate receptor agonist Pain · 1996 · 80 citations
    7. Neuronal plasticity of the “brain–skin connection”: stress-triggered up-regulation of neuropeptides in dorsal root ganglia and skin via nerve growth factor-dependent pathways Journal of Molecular Medicine · 2007 · 66 citations
    8. Synaptic relationships between hair follicle afferents and neurones expressing GABA and glycine‐like immunoreactivity in the spinal cord of the rat The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2002 · 42 citations
    9. Uncomplicated differentiation of stem cells into bipolar neurons and myelinating glia Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2008 · 33 citations
    10. EGF–FGF2 stimulates the proliferation and improves the neuronal commitment of mouse epidermal neural crest stem cells (EPI-NCSCs) Experimental Cell Research · 2014 · 29 citations
    11. Combination of media, biomaterials and extracellular matrix proteins to enhance the differentiation of neural stem/precursor cells into neurons Acta Biomaterialia · 2012 · 25 citations
    12. Ppp2r2a Knockout Mice Reveal That Protein Phosphatase 2A Regulatory Subunit, PP2A-B55α, Is an Essential Regulator of Neuronal and Epidermal Embryonic Development Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2020 · 12 citations
    13. Isolation of Multipotent Nestin-Expressing Stem Cells Derived from the Epidermis of Elderly Humans and TAT-VHL Peptide-Mediated Neuronal Differentiation of These Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2013 · 12 citations
    14. Multipotent Neural Crest Stem Cell-Like Cells from Rat Vibrissa Dermal Papilla Induce Neuronal Differentiation of PC12 Cells BioMed research international · 2014 · 10 citations
    15. Construction of Tissue-Engineered Nerve Conduits Seeded with Neurons Derived from Hair-Follicle Neural Crest Stem Cells Methods in molecular biology · 2016 · 7 citations
    16. Optogenetically Controlled TrkA Activity Improves the Regenerative Capacity of Hair‐Follicle‐Derived Stem Cells to Differentiate into Neurons and Glia Advanced Biology · 2020 · 6 citations
    17. Characteristic Localization of Neuronatin in Rat Testis, Hair Follicle, Tongue, and Pancreas Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry · 2019 · 2 citations
    18. Correction to: Oxytocin Receptor Expression in Hair Follicle Stem Cells: A Promising Model for Biological and Therapeutic Discovery in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Stem Cell Reviews and Reports · 2025
    19. Directing Rat Hair Follicle Stem Cells Toward Neuronal Lineage With Enhanced Trophic Factor Expression Advanced Biomedical Research · 2024
    20. Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Spatiotemporal dynamics of sensory neuron and Merkel-cell remodeling are decoupled during epidermal homeostasis 2023
    21. Progesterone Promotes the Survival of Newborn Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus of Adult Male Mice Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Nanjing · 2010
    22. Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events of Montelukast: An Analysis of Real-World Datasets and drug−gene Interaction Network Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2021 · 26 citations
    23. Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Bipolar I Disorder With Catatonic Features Psychosomatics · 2009 · 26 citations
    24. Neuropsychological Assessment in Elderly Men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treated with Dutasteride Clinical Drug Investigation · 2018 · 20 citations
    25. Motoneuron-Specific PTEN Deletion in Mice Induces Neuronal Hypertrophy and Also Regeneration after Facial Nerve Injury 2022 · 6 citations
    26. Neurosarcoidosis Occurring 6 Years after Onset of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease Case Reports in Ophthalmology · 2019 · 3 citations
    27. A Case of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Hair Loss as the First Diagnostic Symptom Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2022 · 1 citations
    28. Finasteride-Induced Neuropsychiatric Reactions Are Well Established Figshare · 2026
    29. Finasteride-Induced Neuropsychiatric Reactions Are Well Established Figshare · 2026
    30. 5α-Reductase Isoenzymes: From Neurosteroid Biosynthesis to Neuropsychiatric Outcomes NeuroSci · 2026