The face as a sensory organ

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 652-662

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Gharb, Bahar Bassiri ^a   Rampazzo, Antonio ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEEK; FACE; FACIAL NERVE; FOREHEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; CHEEK; FACE; FACIAL NERVE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; PAIN; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 79951668799     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181fed6fd     Document Type: Article

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