Impulse activity in corneal sensory nerve fibers after photorefractive keratectomy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4033-4037

  Gallar, Juana ^a,b   Acosta, M Carmen ^a   Gutiérrez, A Ramón ^a   Belmonte, Carlos ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEAL SENSORY NERVE FIBER; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCIMER LASER; INCIDENCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; ANIMAL; CORNEA; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CORNEA; FEMALE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 35148872162     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0012     Document Type: Article

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