Paul G Green et al.
The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 16(9), 881-886 (2015-06-19)
Corneal injury can produce photophobia, an aversive sensitivity to light. Using topical application of lidocaine, a local anesthetic, and tetrodotoxin (TTX), a selective voltage-sensitive sodium channel blocker, we assessed whether enhanced aversiveness to light induced by corneal injury in rats