Corneal dry - responsive neurons in the spinal trigeminal nucleus respond to
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Abbreviations AT, artificial tears; TRPM8, transient receptor potential melastatin 8; Vc, 19 subnucleus caudalis; Vi, subnucleus interpolaris; Vsp, spinal trigeminal nucleus 20 21 22 Corresponding author: 23 Ian D. Meng, PhD 24 Department of Biomedical Sciences 25 University of New England 26 11 Hills Beach Rd. 27 Biddeford, ME 04005 28 Phone: (207) 602-2195 29 Fax: (207) 294-5931 30 E-mail: [email protected] 31 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (February 27, 2013). doi:10.1152/jn.00889.2012
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