Cell morphologies during corneal epithelial wound healing in rats.

<p>Images were taken at 48 hours with a HR3 confocal microscope to view corneal epithelium for rats that underwent no corneal epithelial debridement (normal cornea), rats that underwent debridement but no treatment (control group), and rats that underwent debridement and treatment with UltraGRO (liquid form and powder form). Corneal epithelial debridement treated with UltraGRO had healed apical and basal epithelia similar to those of normal cornea, while the control had dry apical squamous cells and WBC infiltrates in the basal epithelium. The superficial stroma was not damaged, and appeared similar across the different groups. Image dimensions of 0.4mm x 0.4mm.