Interaction of corneal nociceptive stimulation and lacrimal secretion

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5640-5645

  Situ, Ping ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^b  

^a Schoolof Optometry   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956035571     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5502     Document Type: Article

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