Corneal nerves: Function

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 493-498

  Belmonte, C ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold receptors; Cold sensation; Corneal dysesthesias; Corneal receptors; Corneal sensitivity; Dryness sensation; Eye innervation; Mechanonociceptors; Mechanoreceptors; Nerve injury; Nociceptors; Photorefractive surgery; Polymodal nociceptors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864380874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00069-5     Document Type: Chapter

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