TABLE 1.Morphological properties of CA1 pyramidal cells recorded from control and choline supplemented rats
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Parameters |
Control |
n |
Supplementation |
n |
P value |
Soma minimum diameter (µm) | 14.3 ± 0.45 | 16 | 15.9 ± 0.75 | 10 | 0.0612 |
Soma maximum diameter (µm) | 16.9 ± 0.29 | 16 | 19.9 ± 0.53 | 10 | 0.0011 |
Soma area (µm2) | 154.3 ± 12.01 | 16 | 219.8 ± 14.64 | 10 | 0.0022 |
Soma perimeter (µm) | 50.2 ± 2.77 | 16 | 64.2 ± 1.79 | 10 | 0.0012 |
Total length of apical dendrites (µm) | 1379.3 ± 198.2 | 16 | 1247.1 ± 130.2 | 10 | 0.6307 |
Total length of basal dendrites (µm) | 4512.5 ± 417.9 | 16 | 5019.5 ± 429.2 | 10 | 0.4223 |
Number of primary basal dendrites | 4.3 ± 0.23 | 16 | 6.2 ± 0.42 | 10 | 0.0027 |
Number of second basal dendrites | 10.5 ± 0.79 | 16 | 14.9 ± 0.53 | 10 | 0.0047 |
Distance to first apical dendritic branch (µm) |
60.3 ± 3.26 |
16 |
59.7 ± 8.74 |
10 |
0.9444 |
Values are mean ± SE.