Human corneal adaptation to mechanical, cooling, and chemical stimuli

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 876-881

  Chen, Jiangtao ^a   Feng, Yunwei ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BELMONTE PNEUMATIC ESTHESIOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; STIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CORNEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449117362     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3072     Document Type: Article

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