Open AccessCold-Sensitive Corneal Afferents Respond to a Variety of Ocular Stimuli Central to Tear Production: Implications for Dry Eye Disease
Author(s) -
Harumitsu Hirata,
Ian D. Meng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.09-4744
Subject(s) - cornea , thermoreceptor , reflex , ophthalmology , corneal reflex , chemistry , anatomy , stimulation , sensory system , neuroscience , medicine , biology
To investigate the response characteristics of the corneal afferents that detect ocular conditions critical to the activation of the "afferent limb" of the lacrimation reflex.
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