Naltrexone accelerates healing without compromise of adhesion complexes in normal and diabetic corneal epithelium.

Zagon, Ian S; Sassani, Joseph W; Myers, Roland L; McLaughlin, Patricia J

Zagon, Ian S; Sassani, Joseph W; Myers, Roland L; McLaughlin, Patricia J.

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Zagon IS; Department of Neural & Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States. isz1@psu.edu

Brain Res Bull ; 72(1): 18-24, 2007 Apr 02.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17303503

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Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology; Epithelium, Corneal/drug effects; Naltrexone/therapeutic use; Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use; Wound Healing/drug effects; Animals; Basement Membrane/drug effects; Basement Membrane/ultrastructure; Epithelium, Corneal/pathology; Epithelium, Corneal/ultrastructure; Hemidesmosomes/drug effects; Hemidesmosomes/ultrastructure; Male; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission/methods; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Wound Healing / Epithelium, Corneal / Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Naltrexone / Narcotic Antagonists Limits: Animals Language: En Year: 2007 Type: Article

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