Table 3.
Morphological properties of MePV neuronsa
| Type I (n = 6) (na = 5) | Type II (n = 6) (na = 3) | Type 1 (n = 4) (na = 3) | Type 2 (n = 6) (na = 5) | Type 3 (n = 5) (na = 5) | p | |
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| Primary dendrites | 6 ± 1 | 4 ± 0.4 | 4 ± 1 | 6 ± 1 | 4 ± 0.4 | NS |
| Dendrite endings | 24 ± 4 | 8 ± 1 | 9 ± 0.5 | 25 ± 3 | 11 ± 1 | 2 * II, 1, 3; I * II, 1 |
| Dendrite total length (mm) | 2 ± 0.2 | 1 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0.2 | 1 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0.3 | I * II, 1, 2 |
| Dendrite Sholl field (mm) | 0.2 ± 0.04 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.1 ± 0.01 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | I, II, 1, 3 * 2 |
| Soma surface area (mm2) | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.03 | NS |
| Soma volume (mm3) | 2 ± 0.5 | 1 ± 0.3 | 2 ± 1 | 1 ± 0.2 | 1 ± 0.1 | NS |
| Axon endings | 8.6 ± 4 | 6 ± 2 | 12 ± 3 | 24 ± 5 | 9 ± 2 | 2 * I, II |
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↵aData are mean ± SEM. Definition of morphological properties is explained in Materials and Methods. One-way ANOVA test with a Bonferroni post hoc was used for statistical comparison. Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05. n, number of cells; na, number of cells in which axons were reconstructed; NS, not significant.
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↵*p < 0.05.