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Table 1 Number of neurons in young adult dt/dt mice compared with those in age-matched wild-type mice

From: Neuronal degeneration in autonomic nervous system of Dystonia musculorum mice

 

Region

Neuronal number

  

wild-type

dt/dt

Types of neuron

Lumbar sympathetic ganglia

2147 ± 131

736 ± 362*

 

Ciliary ganglia

187 ± 9

80 ± 29*

  1. The neuronal numbers of ganglia were calculated from wild-type (n = 5) and dt/dt (n = 4) mice. Neurons with both the nucleus and nucleolus in the focal plane were counted. Results are expressed as mean ± SD and *indicates a value statistically different (t-test, P < 0.01) from the wild-type control. The neuronal number in sympathetic ganglia and parasympathetic ciliary ganglia of dt/dt is significantly reduced compared with those of wild-type mice.
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Journal of Biomedical Science

ISSN: 1423-0127