The effects of increasing ocular surface stimulation on blinking and sensation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1555-1563

  Wu, Ziwei ^a   Begley, Carolyn G ^a   Situ, Ping ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blinking; Ocular surface stimulation; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CORNEA REFLEX; DRY EYE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAR FILM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BLINKING; OCULAR SURFACE STIMULATION; SENSATION;

ADULT; BLINKING; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; TEARS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896324351     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13780     Document Type: Article

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