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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Dec;59(12):1251–1260. doi: 10.1093/gerona/59.12.1251

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.