Unilateral nostril breathing in intraocular pressure of right-handed healthy subjects

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 491-496

  Koçer, Ibrahim ^b   Dane, Şenol ^a   Demirel, Soner ^b   Demirel, Havva ^b   Köylü, Halis ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036783304     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.2.491     Document Type: Article

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