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The effect of nociceptive stimulation on mitotic activity in the corneal epithelium was investigated in 21-day-old rat fetuses and in rats aged 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 25 days. Mitotic activity was not significantly changed 45 min after nociceptive stimulation of the animals (amputation of one-third of the tail) in the corneal of the fetuses and day-old rats. Between the 3rd and 10th days of postnatal development reactive inhibition of mitosis in response to nociceptive stimulation was gradually formed. After 10 days this response was intensified and reached a maximum by the 25th day. Reactive inhibition of mitotic activity is connected with delayed entry of the cells into mitosis.Department of General Biology, N. I. Pirogov Second Moscow Medical Institute. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR V. V. Kupriyanov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol 82, No. 11, pp. 1367–1369, November, 1976. |
