Characteristics of human corneal psychophysical channels

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3005-3010

  Feng, Yunwei ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; COLD SENSATION; CORNEA; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4344601357     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0102     Document Type: Article

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