Corneal nerves: Structure, contents and function

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 521-542

  Müller, Linda J ^a   Marfurt, Carl F ^b   Kruse, Friedrich ^c   Tervo, Timo M T ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Dystrophy; Electron microscopy; Function; Herpes; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; LASIK; PRK; Review; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0242380679     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00050-2     Document Type: Review

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