Corneal sensory nerve loss induced by repeated subconjunctival and topical bupivacaine disrupts tear secretion and enhances bacterial adhesion via neuropeptide modulation

• Ananya Datta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dattaa@neco.edu

  Affiliation New England College of Optometry Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6441-0760

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• Grace Kelly Orallo,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation New England College of Optometry Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8844-7788

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• Nahomy Nelson

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation New England College of Optometry Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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