MITOTIC AND WOUND-HEALING ACTIVITIES OF THE CORNEAL EPITHELIUM - EFFECT OF SENSORY DENERVATION
MITOTIC AND WOUND-HEALING ACTIVITIES OF THE CORNEAL EPITHELIUM - EFFECT OF SENSORY DENERVATION
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DOI:
10.1001/archopht.1954.00920050048005
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
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通讯作者:
FRIEDENWALD, JS
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作者:
SIGELMAN, S;FRIEDENWALD, JS
A diathermy coagulation procedure is described by which the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve in rats can be severely damaged. After successful operations there is complete loss of the blinking reflex on the operated side. A fulminating and severe form of neuroparalytic keratitis results. Some of the characteristics of this lesion are described. The keratitis can be prevented by closure of the eyelids. It is, therefore, a form of exposure keratitis. Whether the exposure keratitis is determined solely by absence of blinking or is aggravated by diminished lacrimal secretion was not determined. In the denervated cornea protected from exposure by lid closure, the mitotic rate was diminished approximately 20% and the wound healing activities by the corneal epithelium were normal. Sensitivity to mitotic inhibition by ionizing radiation was not altered. No histologic abnormalities were noted in the corneal stroma, endothelium, or epithelium.