Axolotls' and Mices' Oral-Maxillofacial Trephining Wounds Heal Differently.

The Ambystoma maxicanum (axolotl) regenerates strikingly from wounds and amputations. Comparing its healing ability to non-regenerative species such as the mouse should help narrow in on mechanisms to improve human wound healing. Here, the tongue and intermandibular soft tissues of both mice (C57BL/6NCrl) and axolotls were wounded with a 2-2.