Research:

Development of skin and skin modifications in scales, hairs, feathers, claws, hooves, and beaks; bone development, ossification, and fracture healing.

Recent Publications:

Bragulla, H. H., and D. G. Homberger (2007): The role of the specific, profilaggrin-containing keratohyalin granules in the developing epidermis of the fetal horse hoof.  Pferdeheilkunde, 23(1), 5-20.

Schell, H., J. Lienau, D. R. Epari, P. Seebeck, C. Exner, S. Muchow, H. Bragulla, N. P. Haas, and G. N. Duda (2006): Osteoclastic activity begins early and increases over the course of bone healing.  Bone, 38(4), 547-554.

Schell, H., D. R. Epari, J. P. Kassi, H. Bragulla, H. J. Bail, and G. N. Duda (2005): The course of bone healing is influenced by the initial shear fixation stability.  J. Orthop. Res., 23(5), 1022-1028.

Bragulla, H., R. M. Hirschberg, U. Schlodtfeldt, M. Stede, and K.-D. Budras (2004): On the structure of the adrenal gland of the common seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina). Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 33, 263-272.

Klein, P., H. J. Bail, H. Schell, R. Michel, H. Amthauer, H. Bragulla, and G. N. Duda (2004): Are bone turnover markers capable of predicting callus consolidation during bone healing?  Calcified Tissue International, 75 (1), 40-49.