Ionic Components of Electric Current at Rat Corneal Wounds

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Ana Carolina Vieira ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Carolina Vieira, Brian Reid

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Brian Reid ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Carolina Vieira, Brian Reid

* E-mail: brireid@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Lin Cao,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Mark J. Mannis,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Ivan R. Schwab,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Min Zhao

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Reader Comments

Endogenous electric fields and currents occur naturally at wounds and are a strong signal guiding cell migration into the wound to promote healing.
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The authors would like to add the last author, Min Zhao, as a corresponding author. Min Zhao's email address is: minzhao@ucdavis.edu

No competing interests declared.

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