Table 4Morphological features of unidentified and GABAergic mouse DMV neurons and GABAergic mouse NTS neurons.
Features
DMV
NTS
Unidentified
GABAergic
GABAergic
(n=10-12)
(n=10-11)
(n=7-10)
Soma area (μm2)
292.7±25.4⁎
99.0±9.8
97.8±12.0
Total dendritic length (μm)
1045.6±87.1⁎
634.2±70.3
423.1±61.2⁎⁎
No. of dendrites
3.5±0.3
2.7±0.4
2.9±0.4
No. of branch points
4±0.5
3.1±0.5
2.5±0.7
Average segment length (μm)
144.2±7.2⁎
113.8±10.5
82.2±9.0⁎⁎
Total axonal length (μm)
747.8±190.8
967.5±506.8
726.7±363.3
No. of axon branch points
0
4.7±3.0
3.5±2.6
Average axon segment length (μm)
747.8±190.8⁎
163.7±36.9
134.1±33.0
⁎Significant difference between unidentified DMV neurons and both other groups (P<0.05).⁎⁎Significant difference between GABAergic neurons in DMV versus NTS (P<0.05).