Sanatorio Allende Cerro 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Mongolian Gerbils as an Animal Model of Wound Healing Matías Osaba1,2, Juan Cruz Gonzalez Castellanos1,2, Gabriela María Sambuelli3, Víctor Eduardo Reviglio1,2 1School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Córdoba, 2Instituto de la Visión Cerro, Sanatorio Allende Cerro, 3Pathological Anatomy Service of Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Córdoba This article describes a new animal model developed to study the anatomy and histology of the cornea and its healing processes. This new animal model uses the Mongolian gerbil, which has a cornea with many similarities to the human cornea.
