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Local Anesthesia of the Cornea

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Local anesthetics act by blocking the conduction of impulses along the neuronal membrane. Many types of chemical structures do so to some degree, including ethanol and barbiturates. However, those agents that are clinically useful as local anesthetics are more potent in this regard and are less toxic.

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Based on JS Mindel’s Chapter 35 on Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics: www.eyecalcs.com/DWAN/pages/v9/v9c035.html.

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Mertz, B.P. (2014). Local Anesthesia of the Cornea. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27728-3_88-1

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