TABLE 5.

Macular comparisons in gerbil, chinchilla, and guinea pig

	Present Study	Comparison Study
Gerbil Utricular Macula		Leonard & Kevetter (2002)
n	4	1
Ws, mm	0.077 ± 0.005	0.060*
Chinchilla utricular macula		Fernandez et al. (1990)
n	4	6
Area S, %	13.7 ± 1.0	10.4 ± 0.3
Area MES, %	39.0 ± 4.6	39.7 ± 1.8
Area LES, %	47.3 ± 2.0	50.0 ± 1.6
Area SE, mm	1.00 ± 0.06	0.97 ± 0.07
Ws, mm	0.105 ± 0.006	0.100
ML LSE, mm	0.99 ± 0.04	1.07 ± 0.05
Total Calyx Afferents	320 ± 32	95†
Guinea pig saccular macula		Lindeman (1969)
n	3	9
Area S (%)	14.5 ± 1.0	13.0 ± 1.0
Area SE (mm2)	0.53 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.02
Total HCs, S	826 ± 30	860 ± 30
Total HCs, SE	4861 ± 178	6700 ± 264
Type I:Type II Ratio, S	1:1	2:1
Utricular Macula		Lindeman (1969)
n	3	9
Area S (%)	12.4 ± 1.0	8.0 ± 0.0
Area SE (mm2)	0.80 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.01
Total HCs, S	1149 ± 46	582 ± 26
Total HCs, SE	9067 ± 88	9260 ± 398
Type I:Type II Ratio, S	1:1	2:1

Values are means ± SE. n, number of sensory organs. Other abbreviations as in previous table legends.

^†Corrected (J. M. Goldberg, personal communication).

^*as measured by us on figures in their paper.