"Hair" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D006197
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A17.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Lanugo- Lanugo
- Hair, Fetal
- Fetal Hair
- Fetal Hairs
- Hairs, Fetal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hair" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hair" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hair" by people in Profiles.
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Dettmer AM, Novak MA, Meyer JS. Are hair cortisol levels dependent on hair growth rate? A pilot study in rhesus macaques. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2023 09 01; 340:114308.
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Gaines MK, Page IY, Miller NA, Greenvall BR, Medina JJ, Irschick DJ, Southard A, Ribbe AE, Grason GM, Crosby AJ. Reimagining Hair Science: A New Approach to Classify Curly Hair Phenotypes via New Quantitative Geometric and Structural Mechanical Parameters. Acc Chem Res. 2023 06 06; 56(11):1330-1339.
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Joo A, Phelan AL, Xu J, Gu G, Karpuk J, Qin B, Li A, Chiu D, Rothkopf DM. Defining Key Features in Patient Perspectives of Hand Aesthetics. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 06 01; 90(6S Suppl 5):S634-S638.
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Foster BA, Alvarez HO, Padilla T, Meyer JS. Longitudinal Examination of Hair Cortisol Concentrations and Weight Changes in Preschool-Aged Children of Latino Farmworkers. Child Obes. 2023 09; 19(6):399-407.
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Kumar D, Forkey H. Hair care: a lesson in trauma-informed medical practice. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2022 04; 6(4):227-228.
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Winebrake DA, Almeida CF, Tuladhar CT, Kao K, Meyer JS, Tarullo AR. Social Fear in US Infants: The Roles of Hair and Salivary Cortisol. Yale J Biol Med. 2022 03; 95(1):71-85.
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Andreeva T, Manakhov A, Kunizheva S, Rogaev E. Genetic Evidence of Authenticity of a Hair Shaft Relic from the Portrait of Tsesarevich Alexei, Son of the Last Russian Emperor. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2021 Dec; 86(12):1572-1578.
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Simon KR, Merz EC, He X, Desai PM, Meyer JS, Noble KG. Socioeconomic factors, stress, hair cortisol, and white matter microstructure in children. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 09; 63(6):e22147.
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Lutz CK, Meyer JS, Novak MA. Hair cortisol in captive corral-housed baboons. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2021 02 01; 302:113692.
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Meyer JS, Novak MA. Assessment of prenatal stress-related cortisol exposure: focus on cortisol accumulation in hair and nails. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 04; 63(3):409-436.