Table 2.
Condition of muscle sarcomeres after phalloidin staining over lifespan.
Adult age | Muscle appearance |
sd | trials (n) | animals (total) | p vs d1,2 (t-test) | p vs d8 (t-test) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intact (%)† | Damaged § (%) | ||||||
days 1, 2 | 85% | 15% | 18.3% | 7 | 101 | <0.001 | |
day 4 | 66% | 34% | 25.7% | 6 | 74 | 0.25 | 0.013 |
day 6 | 50% | 50% | 26.6% | 3 | 59 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
day 8 | 12% | 88% | 1.8% | 3 | 66 | <0.001 |
Mean of all trials.
Phalloidin-stained sarcomeres appeared patched or wrinkled.