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Blinking

Known as: blink, blinks, eyeblink 
Brief closing of the eyelids by involuntary normal periodic closing, as a protective measure, or by voluntary action.
National Institutes of Health

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7 relations
Blink ReflexesReflex, Orbicularis Oculiaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

Narrower (2)

Corneal ReflexesWinking

Broader (1)

Eye Movements

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Towards non-blinking colloidal quantum dots.
At a single-molecule level, fluorophore emission intensity fluctuates between bright and dark states. These fluctuations, known… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Eye complaints in the office environment: precorneal tear film integrity influenced by eye blinking efficiency
To achieve a common base for understanding work related eye complaints in the office environment, it is necessary to merge… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Experimental evaluation of eye-blink parameters as a drowsiness measure
Drowsiness and increased tendency to fall asleep during daytime is still a generally underestimated problem. An increased… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Impaired motor coordination correlates with persistent multiple climbing fiber innervation in PKCγ mutant mice
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Tear Film Lipid Layer Thickness as a Function of Blinking
Alterations in the tear film lipid layer as a function of blinking were investigated using a custom-designed specular reflection… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Localization of a memory trace in the mammalian brain.
The localization of sites of memory formation within the brain has proven to be a formidable task even for simple forms of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Stress-induced facilitation of classical conditioning.
Stress has been shown to impair subsequent learning. To determine whether stress would impair classical conditioning, rats were… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Startle reflex modification: emotion or attention?
Alternative interpretations of startle probe modulation by a pictorial foreground were tested: Either reflex amplitude varies as… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Fluorescence and bioluminescence measurement of cytoplasmic free calcium.
The first measurements of cytosolic free Ca2", [Ca2"]1, in living cells were made with aequorin in giant muscle cells (Ridgway… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Interactions of eyelids and tears in corneal wetting and the dynamics of the normal human eyeblink.
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