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Article: Morphological differences between planes of section do not influence the electrophysiological properties of identified rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus neurons.

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Valenzuela IM; Browning KN; Travagli RA
Brain Res., 2004


Table 3Summary of morphological properties
Gastric-projecting neuronsIntestinal-projecting neurons
CoronalHorizontalCoronalHorizontal
N=15–20aN=45–51aN=11–22aN=25–30a
Soma volume (μm3)3029±3603200±217* IH2185±386* IH4834±360
Soma area (μm2)314±19.4327±15.5* IH292±21* IH403±24.0
Soma diameter (μm)19.8±0.65* IC20.2±0.47* IH24.1±1.2522.3±0.68
Form factor (0=line, 1=circle)0.83±0.01* IC0.79±0.020.71±0.02* IH0.82±0.02
Number of segments19±2.119±0.8* IH15±1.4* IH23±1.5
Branch order4.1±0.474.7±0.194.0±0.25* IH4.9±0.25
Dendritic x-plane (μm)352±34.2375±24.1367±27.5420±28.1
Dendritic y-plane (μm)198±16.6317±22.1235±23.4335±34.7
Segment length (μm)116±8.9111±4.2133±10.8116±6.5
aBecause not all the measures could be obtained from all the cells, the range of values is reported.*P<0.05 vs. gastric (G) or intestinal (I) in coronal (C) or horizontal (H) plane of section.

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