The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: Report of the subcommittee on neurobiology

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Marfurt, Carl ^b   Golebiowski, Blanka ^a   Rosenblatt, Mark ^c   Bereiter, David ^d   Begley, Carolyn ^e   Dartt, Darlene ^f   Gallar, Juana ^g   Belmonte, Carlos ^g   Hamrah, Pedram ^h   Willcox, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^h MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Discomfort; Dry eye; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CD59 ANTIGEN; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOSOLIC PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENE D4; LEUKOTRIENE E4; LIPOXYGENASE; MUCIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROKININ A; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS DISCOMFORT; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DESICCATION; DRY EYE; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; LACRIMATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ESTHESIOMETER; PAIN RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CONTACT LENS; DISCOMFORT; DRY EYE; NEUROBIOLOGY;

CONTACT LENSES; EYE DISEASES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84886892872     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13226     Document Type: Article

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