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. 1990 Mar;198(6):355-362.
doi: 10.1007/BF00383773.

Wound currents and wound healing in the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens

Lynette R Robinson Rhodes  1 , John J Turek  2 , Edward J Cragoe Jr  3 , Joseph W Vanable Jr  1
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Wound currents and wound healing in the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens

Lynette R Robinson Rhodes et al. Rouxs Arch Dev Biol. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

Wounded amphibian skin heals initially by a migration of epithelial cells from the cut edge towards the center of the wound. The density of currents leaving wounds made in Notophthalmus viridescens skin was manipulated in order to determine whether electrical fields associated with these currents might have a significant role in promoting this cell migration during wound healing. Wounds were made with either a needle (200 μm) or a biopsy punch (500 μm). Currents leaving the wounds were measured with a vibrating probe, and the wounds fixed at various times after wounding. When the Na+-dependent currents were reduced by blocking Na+ channels with benzamil, wound healing, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and by paraffin histology, was impaired. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that there is an electrical component to wound healing.

Keywords: Currents; Electric fields; Epithelization; Newt; Wound healing.

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