A New Technique for Quantitative Analysis of Hair Loss in Mice Using Grayscale AnalysisTulasi Ponnapakkam 1, Ranjitha Katikaneni 1, Rohan Gulati 1, Robert Gensure 1
1Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Alopecia is a common form of hair loss which can occur in many different conditions, including as a side-effect of chemotherapy. We have developed a method to quantify hair loss in mice, utilizing a standard gel imager to perform a grayscale analysis, to facilitate study of promising new alopecia therapies.
